Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Johnny Van Zant thanks fans for prayers after youngest daughter hospitalized with brain mass

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Johnny Van Zant is grateful for fans’ prayers and support after his youngest daughter, Taylor, was hospitalized last week.

On Sunday, Van Zant shared an update video on his condition, thanking everyone for their prayers and support.

He explained that Taylor was diagnosed with a cavernoma, or cerebral cavernous malformation, which are “groups of small, irregular, tightly packed blood vessels with thin walls,” according to the Mayo Clinic.

They can cause blood to leak into the brain or spinal cord and look like “a bunch of grapes,” in Van Zant’s experience.

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“Thanks to your prayer and God’s will, she is now with us and resting,” he said.

He added in the caption: “I thank everyone so much for your concerns and kind words since the news of my daughter came out. I am also very grateful to the fans who understood the cancellation of the shows so that I could being with her. The past week has been a whirlwind of emotions, but reading all your hopeful messages and comments has really helped lift my spirits.”

“Thanks to your prayer and God’s will, she is now with us and resting.”

—Johnny Van Zant

Van Zant also asked to continue praying for the group’s bus driver, Brad Gibson, who was in intensive care after a scooter accident, as well as for those suffering from the effects of Hurricane Helene.

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“I know many of you are now facing damage, devastation and even loss after this storm. I know that for those affected, things may not go back exactly to the way they were before, but they will begin to stabilize. Let us all pray for those affected,” he wrote.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd canceled a performance in Alaska on September 24, announcing in a social media statement that Van Zant’s daughter “must undergo emergency surgery.”

They then announced the additional cancellation of their September dates in Utah, Colorado and New Mexico.

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Van Zant announced that Taylor was being treated for a mass found in her brain in the days after the band announced the cancellations.

After feeling a “numb sensation on her right side,” Van Zant said she went to the hospital where she had a CT scan, and doctors discovered “a mass on her brain” causing a bleeding, leading to numbness.

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Van Zant said Taylor has an “excellent” team of neurology and doctors. While they don’t believe it’s cancer, he added that “we’re not out of the woods yet” as she undergoes additional tests.

“We’re in a much better place than we initially thought, so keep praying for Taylor. I can’t thank you enough. This means the world to me and my family.”