After undergoing her second cranial surgery this month, Derek Hough’s wife, Haley Erbert, shared some Christmas cheer.
“Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas! 🎄,” Erbert wrote on Instagram Monday alongside a photo of her and Hough sharing a kiss in front of a Christmas tree.
“Cherishing the greatest gift of all. The precious gift of life and the love we share,” she added. “Hold your loved ones close and treasure every moment.”
Erbert, 29, wore a festive green silk head wrap with polka-dots, paired with matching green pajamas as she embraced her husband.
Family and friends reacted to the joyful message, including Erbert’s sister-in-law Julianne Hough, who wrote, “You are our Christmas miracle 🎄❤️.”
“Love you Hayley ❤️,” wrote “Dancing With the Stars” alum Peta Murgatroyd.
Erbert’s mother, Debbie Schwartz, also commented, “You are our Christmas miracle and I love you so much!”
Erbert was able to go home a week after she successfully completed a second surgery to replace a large portion of her skull that was removed during her craniectomy.
Hough explained in a Dec. 15 Instagram post that his wife’s second procedure was to restore the skull to its natural shape and protect the brain from injury.
Erbert initially had undergone emergency surgery earlier this month after she had become disoriented and was taken to the hospital following a performance in Washington, D.C.
Hough, 38, had told his Instagram followers, “She was diagnosed with a cranial hematoma from a burst blood vessel and required an emergency craniectomy.”
An intracranial hematoma is a collection of blood within the brain tissue or underneath the skull which then presses on the brain. The condition is typically caused by a head injury, which then results in a burst blood vessel.
While Hough and Ebert have yet to address the cause behind the hematoma, the couple was in a pretty scary car accident in the mountains last December.
Posting about the accident, Erbert shared at the time that she was a little banged up with a swollen face and needed four stitches above her eyebrow.
