Alfonso Ribeiro Asks Followers to ‘Please Send Your Prayers’ for Derek Hough’s Wife Hayley as She Remains Hospitalized

Alfonso Ribeiro is sending all his love to friends Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert as she remains in hospital after an “emergency craniectomy”.

On Monday, Dancing with the stars The host, 51, posted a photo of the couple on Instagram on their wedding day, asking his followers to pray for them as Erbert recovers.

“Please send your prayers to @hayley.erbert and @derekhough and family,” Ribeiro wrote. “They mean everything to me and our family. Put love in your heart and send it to them.”

On Friday, Hough took to Instagram to share an update on his wife’s health, showing his gratitude to everyone who expressed well-wishes for Erbert.

“Words cannot describe how thankful and appreciative we are for the support and love you have given us,” Dancing with the stars wrote the 38-year-old judge.

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Hough has always been inspired by Erbert’s “strength and her resilience,” especially in the last few days. He added, “She’s now on a long road to recovery,” referring to her recent health crisis following a stop in Washington, DC on their Symphony of Dance tour.

The 29-year-old is still recovering from an “emergency craniectomy.”

“The kindness shown to us during this incredibly unfathomable life-changing time is immeasurable. The offers of help that have come in have been so humbling and appreciated,” Hough continued on Friday. “Hopefully as a family we can somehow and someway pay it off.”

Hough’s initial announcement Thursday revealed that Erbert was being treated for a cranial hematoma — a condition that occurs when blood builds up in the skull.

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

Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert.

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“I want to thank the first responders and the medical staff who cared for her and continue to care for her. I am asking for your prayers and positivity during this time,” Hough added.

Former and current co-stars of the dance competition series, including Peta Murgatroyd, Jenna Johnson, Allison Holker and Candace Cameron Bure, offered their support in Hough’s Instagram comments section.

Hough and Erbert recently tied the knot in August after getting engaged last June.

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