Hayley Erbert’s cranium surgical procedure was a hit, Derek Hough says

Hayley Erbert’s surgical procedure to interchange a part of her cranium was a hit, her husband Derek Hough stated.

“With immense reduction, gratitude and overwhelming pleasure I’d wish to share that Hayley’s cranioplasty surgical procedure has been efficiently accomplished as deliberate,” the “Dancing With the Stars” choose stated in a Thursday Instagram submit, which included a photograph of him bending all the way down to stare at Erbert from the rail of her hospital mattress. Erbert, who had suffered a mind bleed weeks prior, was not proven within the image.

Hough went on to thank the medical crew and Dr. Mai, the doctor who carried out this week’s surgical procedure, in addition to an operation earlier this month to handle the 29-year-old‘s mind bleed.

“This surgical procedure marks a major milestone in my spouse’s restoration journey,” Hough added.

After a Dec. 5 efficiency close to Washington, D.C., the skilled dancer was rushed to a hospital the place she was identified with a cranial hematoma from a burst blood vessel, Hough had stated. She underwent emergency surgical procedure to cease the bleeding.

Final weekend, Hough stated a follow-up surgical procedure was required to put in a cranium implant to “restore the cranium to its pure form and defend the mind from harm.” For the reason that preliminary surgical procedure, Erbert was lacking a chunk of her cranium and had been sporting a helmet.

Erbert had been on the street with Hough since October for his Symphony of Dance Tour. She was a significant a part of the present, dancing along with her husband all through their Oxon Hill, Md., efficiency. Nevertheless, Erbert was noticeably absent throughout that present’s ultimate bow when Hough acknowledged every of the important thing performers. A number of days later, Hough introduced her prognosis and emergency surgical procedure.

Hough has not commented on a potential explanation for the burst mind vessel.

Erbert and Hough married final August after courting for eight years. They first met on ABC’s dance competitors sequence when Hough was a dancer paired with competing celebrities and Erbert was a troupe member. Hough is a six-time “DWTS” winner, a file for the reason that present debuted within the U.S. in 2005. In 2020, he joined the panel of judges for Season 29, changing longtime choose Len Goodman, who died earlier this 12 months.