Derek Hough Says Wife Hayley Erbert Recovering After Brain Surgery – Billboard

Derek Hough is giving an replace on his spouse’s well being situation.

The Dancing With the Stars choose took to social media on Friday (Dec. 8) to share that his partner, Hayley Erbert, 28, is “on the long road of recovery” following an emergency mind surgical procedure.

“Hayley has always inspired me with her will, her strength, and her resilience and no more so than in the last 48 hrs,” Hough, 38, wrote on Instagram. “She is now on the long road of recovery.”

He continued, “Words cannot express how grateful and thankful we are for the support and love that you have given us. The kindness that we’ve been shown in this incredibly unfathomable and life-changing time is immeasurable. The offers of assistance that have poured in have been so humbling and appreciated.”

The skilled dancer concluded his message, writing, “Our hope is that as a family, we can somehow and some way pay it forward.”

Hough revealed earlier within the week that Erbert, who can also be an expert dancer, was hospitalized after changing into “disoriented” following A Symphony of Dance efficiency in Washington, D.C. She was later identified with a “cranial hematoma from a burst blood vessel and required an emergency craniotomy.”

The Mayo Clinic defines an intracranial hematoma as a “collection of blood within the skull. It’s usually caused by a blood vessel that bursts in the brain.” The situation could also be brought on by “trauma such as a car accident or fall,” the Mayo Clinic states. “The blood may collect in the brain tissue or underneath the skull, pressing on the brain.”

Hough and Erbert started relationship in 2015 whereas showing on DWTS and married in August 2023.

Read Hough’s replace beneath on Instagram.