Simply over per week after saying that his spouse Hayley Erbert, 29, had an emergency craniectomy, Dancing with the Stars decide Derek Hough shared a primary video of her taking a stroll. Within the clip, which confirmed them lovingly strolling in Washington, D.C., Hayley wore a protecting helmet and a pair of sweatpants with a sherpa coat, and pulled her lengthy brunette locks right into a easy ponytail. Her husband, sporting a black puffer coat and matching pants, anchored her together with his arm as they walked within the chilly however sunshiny climate. Within the foreground stood the Washington monument.

“As you all know, the previous week has been a difficult journey for us resulting from a life-threatening occasion that abruptly got here into our lives,” the dancer captioned the video. “It was a time stuffed with uncertainty and concern, going from residing our desires onstage, to a nightmare right away. However at the moment, we’re stuffed with hope and reduction as we share with you an replace. Hayley is doing nicely.”

Derek went on to name his spouse’s progress following her surgical procedure resulting from a cranial hematoma from a burst blood vessel, a “miracle.” “Her restoration course of has been nothing wanting a miracle,” he continued. “She nonetheless has a methods to go together with one other surgical procedure, hopefully in a number of weeks, to insert a cranium implant to switch the piece that was eliminated through the craniectomy. It would restore the cranium to its pure form and shield the mind from damage.”

He additionally expressed gratitude for Hayley’s medical care and a supportive neighborhood. “Whereas this isn’t the vacation season both of us envisioned, it’s one which we’re extremely grateful to have. We stay up for cherishing these moments with a deeper appreciation for all times and the folks in it,” he concluded the replace.

Hayley, whom Derek married in a stunning California forest ceremony in August, was rushed to a D.C. hospital after she grew to become “disoriented” following a efficiency there, the place they’d been on tour. “She was identified with a cranial hematoma from a burst blood vessel and required an emergency craniectomy,” he defined partially in a December 7 Instagram put up. 

On December 8, he once more took to Instagram with an replace for followers.  “Hayley has at all times impressed me together with her will, her energy, and her resilience and no extra so than within the final 48 hrs,” he wrote final Friday, partially. “She is now on the lengthy street of restoration.”