Derek Hough’s Wife Hayley Erbert Gives Update on Craniectomy

Derek Hough and spouse Hayley Erbert are lastly opening up about their scary well being emergency. 

Two months after Erbert, 29, was hospitalized and underwent a craniectomy, the couple posted a uncooked and emotional Instagram video reflecting on the expertise and her ongoing restoration.

“It’s been wild going from the best of highs to the bottom of lows. However I’ve to say, all through this expertise this girl has been unbelievable and her perseverance and her acceptance of the entire state of affairs, her energy, it’s been exceptional to witness firsthand,” Hough, 38, stated. “She actually is a miracle and it’s been miraculous and it’s nonetheless a journey.”

“To today, I nonetheless have actually good days and I’ve actually unhealthy days — emotionally and bodily generally — however I’m doing so a lot better each single day,” Erbert added. “Actually there’s a lot progress each day and I’m so grateful for that.”

Erbert then recalled a second within the hospital when she had simply woken up from her first surgical procedure and Hough advised her how many individuals had been pondering of her and sending her love. She admitted that her husband didn’t even have to inform her that as a result of she “genuinely felt that by means of my physique, in my coronary heart, in my soul.”

“Thanks all a lot for your whole messages, your love, your power, your mild, your prayers,” Erbert stated in tears. “Thanks guys for all of it as a result of it means a lot to me and to us as a household. And genuinely, I consider it’s what’s gotten me by means of this a little bit bit sooner and it’s what helped me heal. It’s what helped me keep optimistic all through all the expertise.”

“It’s a brand new yr, it’s a brand new haircut,” Hough stated as Erbert smiled and confirmed off her quick hair and the surgical procedure scar on the highest of her head.

“A brand new haircut, a brand new scar, a brand new sac of fluid on the facet of my face, which is meant to ultimately go away,” Erbert stated with fun. “A brand new cranium. But in addition a brand new outlook on life. Life is so valuable. Spend time with those you’re keen on. Maintain them shut trigger you by no means know what may occur.”

Erbert added that she’s “grateful to be alive and be right here to inform my story.” Hough additionally stated the couple will ultimately share extra particulars in regards to the well being scare with followers.

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Hough first introduced on Instagram that Erbert suffered signs of a cranial hematoma — when blood collects within the cranium — after their Symphony of Dance tour cease within the metropolis on Dec. 6.

In an replace shared on his web site, the Dancing with the Stars decide revealed that his spouse was recognized with a cranial hematoma from a burst blood vessel and required an emergency craniectomy. Erbert was rushed into her emergency surgical procedure on Dec. 7.

Following her surgical procedure, Hough supplied his social media followers with common updates on his spouse’s situation and thanked them for his or her ongoing help.

“With immense reduction, gratitude and overwhelming pleasure I’d prefer to share that Hayley’s cranioplasty surgical procedure has been efficiently accomplished as deliberate,” he wrote.

“My honest appreciation goes to the distinctive medical staff,” he continued. “Their experience and regular arms had been pivotal on this journey, guaranteeing a easy and profitable surgical procedure. Particularly Dr. Mai who not solely carried out the surgical procedure however was additionally the one who saved her life 2 weeks in the past.”

“This surgical procedure marks a major milestone in my spouse’s restoration journey, and your help has performed an important function in getting us right here,” Hough stated on the time. “We’re full of hope and optimism for the longer term, figuring out she is on the trail to a full restoration, surrounded by such a loving neighborhood.”

Hough and Erbert tied the knot in August 2023 in California simply over a yr after getting engaged in June 2022.