Julianne Hough asks for prayers for sister-in-law Hayley Erbert

Julianne Hough asks for prayers for sister in law Hayley Erbert.

Julianne, 35, took to Instagram on Thursday, December 7, to share her brother Derek Hough‘s post about Erbert’s recent emergency surgery.

“Please pray and send all your love, healing and light to Hayley and Derek 🙏,” Julianne captioned the story. “Thank you from the bottom of our family’s hearts! ❤️.”

Derek, 38 – who married Erbert, 29, in August – shared the original post earlier on Thursday.

“At the end of last night’s tour performance in Washington DC, my wife Hayley became disoriented and was taken to the hospital,” he wrote. “She was diagnosed with a brain hematoma due to a ruptured blood vessel and required an emergency craniectomy.”

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Derek added that Erbert is in “stable condition” and thanked the first responders and medical professionals who provided care for his wife. “I ask for your prayers and positivity during this time,” he concluded.

Various members of Derek and Erbert Dancing with the stars family shared messages of support in the comments section.

“Sending you all the love I have in my soul. Prayers for a speedy recovery,” Julianne’s DWTS cohost Alfonso Ribeiro wrote.

DWTS pro Alan Bersten chimed in: “Praying and sending positivity 🙏🏼.”

Sasha Farberfor his part, sent a series of heart and prayer hand emojis.

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Erbert’s health scare came after she and Derek took the stage together at his DC stop Symphony of Dance guided tour on Wednesday, December 6. Meghan Trainor sat in the audience and praised Erbert’s performance while commenting on Derek’s post.

“The show was absolutely amazing… Hayley was fantastic… I’m so sorry this happened,” Trainor, 29, wrote. “We were sad not to see her again at the end of the show. I felt like something was happening… Sending lots of prayers and love 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️.”

A year prior to Erbert’s health scare, the So you think you can dance alum revealed that she and Derek got into a car accident while driving together on icy roads.

“Given the circumstances, we have so much to be grateful for,” Erbert wrote about the crash via Instagram in December 2022. “I walked away a little battered, with a swollen face and four stitches above my eyebrow. Now more than ever we realize how fragile life is and how important it is to love the people around you.”

In a comment on Instagram, Derek noted that Erbert “remembered nothing” about the accident.

‘She was dazed afterwards and cheerfully told us to keep eating, with blood streaming down her face. That really scared me,” he wrote. “She came to 20 minutes later when the fire brigade arrived.”

Derek and Erbert started dating in 2015, a year after they met Derek’s Move Live tour. The duo confirmed their engagement via a joint Instagram post in June 2022.

“It’s just the beginning…the beginning of forever ❤️,” the caption read.