Derek Hough up to date followers on his spouse Hayley Erbert‘s situation on Friday, following his announcement that she was hospitalized for a cranial hematoma earlier this week.
“Hayley has always inspired me with her will, her strength, and her resilience and no more so than in the last 48 hours,” the Dancing With The Stars decide wrote on Instagram. Erbert, 29, is a professional dancer on the present.
Hough, 38, initially instructed followers that Erbert was hospitalized on Wednesday night after struggling a bleed in her mind and requiring an emergency craniectomy.
Hough continued his replace on Friday to say Erbert is “now on the long road to recovery,” and that “words cannot express how grateful and thankful we are for the support and love you have given us.”
Hough continued, “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 and have been so humbling and appreciated.”
He concluded his message with a message for the long run, writing, “our hope is that as a family, we can somehow and some way pay it forward.”
Per the Mayo Clinic, a cranial hematoma is “a collection of blood within the skull” that’s “usually caused by a blood vessel that bursts in the brain. It may also be caused by trauma such as a car accident or fall. The blood may collect in the brain tissue or underneath the skull, pressing on the brain.”
Hough didn’t present particulars on Erbert’s particular analysis in his preliminary publish on Wednesday, solely writing that she “became disoriented and was taken to the hospital,” the place “she was diagnosed with a cranial hematoma from a burst blood vessel and required an emergency craniectomy.”
Additionally on Wednesday, Hough additionally prolonged thank yous to “the first responders and medical personnel who have cared for and continue to care for her. I ask for your prayers and positivity at this time.”
On Thursday, Hough’s sister and fellow Dancing With The Stars professional Julianne Hough requested for followers to maintain her brother and sister-in-law of their prayers.
“Please pray and send all your love, healing and light to Hayley and Derek,” she wrote. “Thank you from the depths of our families hearts!”
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