‘Dancing with the Stars’ judge Derek Hough calls wife’s recovery after near-fatal brain surgery a ‘miracle’

After a tumultuous year, "Dancing with the Stars" justice Derek Hough and his woman Hayley Erbert person returned to the creation floor. 

During the "Dedication" themed night, the dancing duo performed an affectional dance, astir 1 twelvemonth aft Erbert was hospitalized for exigency encephalon surgery. 

"It's been a agelong twelvemonth of conscionable ups and downs," Hough told Fox News Digital connected the "Dancing with the Stars" reddish carpet.

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"Dancing with the Stars" justice Derek Hough and his woman Hayley Erbert returned to the creation level astir 1 twelvemonth aft Erbert was hospitalized for exigency encephalon surgery.  (Getty Images)

"It was truly peculiar to beryllium present contiguous successful this ballroom and… being successful a constituent wherever we didn't ever [think] it would beryllium imaginable to beryllium backmost successful this country and past to beryllium present again. It was conscionable a remarkable, singular journey," Hough said.

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Last December, Erbert, a "Dancing with the Stars" nonrecreational dancer, became "disoriented" aft a show and needed to beryllium hospitalized. She was past diagnosed with a cranial hematoma from a burst humor vas and required an exigency craniectomy.

According to the Mayo Clinic, "An intracranial hematoma is simply a postulation of humor wrong the skull. It's usually caused by a humor vas that bursts successful the brain."

Derek Hough’s woman needed skull implant country aft being hospitalized for a "life-threatening" emergency. (Derek Hough/Instagram/Getty Images)

"The doctors told maine that… she mightiness not marque it, but past they told maine that she astir decidedly volition not beryllium the aforesaid person. So, either way, I was fundamentally told that I've mislaid her. And that was unbelievably devastating," Hough added. 

"Then to flash forward, to beryllium here, to beryllium dancing with her… it really, truly is simply a miracle, truly."

Erbert elaborate her roadworthy to betterment with Fox News Digital aft her traumatic surgery. (Getty Images)

"The doctors told maine that… she mightiness not marque it… Then to flash forward, to beryllium here, to beryllium dancing with her… it really, truly is simply a miracle, truly."

Hough and his nonrecreational dancer sister Julianne some perpetually shared updates connected Erbert’s health past twelvemonth via societal media.

The country was performed to regenerate a ample information of her skull that was removed during her craniectomy, Hough revealed successful an Instagram station astatine the time. 

Erbert elaborate her roadworthy to betterment with Fox News Digital aft her traumatic surgery.

"I would accidental conscionable the archetypal portion of my betterment was the toughest because… helium was told that I mightiness not survive. I was told that I mightiness not beryllium capable to locomotion oregon creation ever again," she explained.

"Dance has ever been a portion of my beingness since I was 3 years old… And to beryllium told that is the astir devastating happening because… that's virtually a portion of maine that's being ripped out."

The erstwhile "Dancing with the Stars" troupe subordinate expressed her gratitude to beryllium capable to creation again and called the acquisition "special." 

Derek and Hayley observe her triumphant instrumentality to the ballroom with a moving regular to "Beautiful Things (Acoustic)" by Benson Boone. (Getty Images)

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Hough and Erbert performed a sentimental ballroom regular to "Beautiful Things (Acoustic)" by creator Benson Boone.

The dancing mates were joined successful August 2023 earlier they embarked connected their "Symphony of Dance" tour.

The mates began dating successful 2015 aft gathering connected "Dancing with the Stars." Hough projected successful Yosemite National Park successful California successful 2022.

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"Dancing with the Stars" alum and impermanent justice Mark Ballas shared with Fox News Digital that helium was 1 of the archetypal calls Hough made erstwhile his wife’s country happened. 

"That was 1 of the astir aggravated telephone calls I've ever had," Ballas said. 

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"I was with him done a batch of this. My woman and I were connected our hands and knees erstwhile we got the call, similar hoping, praying for a miracle."

During Tuesday night’s episode, the amusement sent location Sports Illustrated exemplary Brooks Nader and pro spouse Gleb Savchenko. 

The 2 person sparked romance rumors since the opening of the season.

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Contestants are gearing up for a Disney-themed nighttime for the fashionable ballroom contention show. 

"Dancing With the Stars" airs Tuesdays connected ABC and Disney+ astatine 8 p.m. ET. The amusement tin beryllium streamed the pursuing time connected Hulu.