Specialists believe that the seizure Toby Price suffered in hospital is linked to a blood clot in his lung.

Price continues to recover in hospital in La Paz, Bolivia, after undergoing surgery where his femur was mended with a rod and screws.

The 2016 Dakar champion broke his leg after a heavy crash on Stage 4 of the Dakar Rally last week.

Price had earlier disclosed that he suffered a seizure while lying in hospital where he says the language barrier has added to his predicament.

“I’ve had a couple of rough nights here in La Paz,” Price wrote.

“The language barrier has been extremely challenging and I suffered a seizure which has rocked me a little bit but the specialist is working hard to target the trigger to this and they are suspecting this was due to a blood clot in my lung.

“In saying that, I’ve had a couple of Australian friends who were travelling with the Dakar Rally who were kind enough to visit. The team (KTM factory team) also visited yesterday which was incredible of them.”

Price says that nursing staff will attempt to get him on his feet in the next day ahead of beginning a trip home to Australia.

“The plan is to get me up on my feet in the next 24 hours and take a walk on my leg.

“If all goes well we can start to plan my trip back home to Australia and begin my rehabilitation.

“It’s going to be a long road back to 100 percent but one thing for sure is, I know I need to be back on the KTM motorcycle in four months so I will be doing all I can to make this happen.”