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\"It's something you never imagined,\" he told \"Good Morning America\" in an interview in February. \"It's something you never imagine. I think anybody could understand that feeling of just disbelief or how it feels unfathomable.\"

\"I thought she was strong,\" Hough added about his wife. \"But I had no idea how strong she was.\"

Erbert and Hough also took to Instagram last month to share an update in a video.

\"I'm doing so much better,\" Erbert said at the time.

\"I'm so grateful,\" she added. \"There was a moment in the hospital when I had just woken up from my surgery and Derek's at the bottom of my bed. And he was like, 'There's so many people thinking about you. There's so many people sending love to you.\"

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