Nothing brings family together like a health scare.

Late last year, Derek Hough’s wife Hayley Erbert underwent a cranial surgery to treat a “life-threatening” hematoma. Thankfully she survived and has been on the mend ever since. They announced in a joint Instagram post back in December:

“Hayley is doing well. Her recovery process has been nothing short of a miracle. She still has a ways to go with another surgery, hopefully in a few weeks, to insert a skull implant to replace the piece that was removed during the craniectomy. It will restore the skull to its natural shape and protect the brain from injury.”

See the full thing (below):

But there’s been a silver lining to this dark cloud. Because of the health scare, Derek and sister Julianne have been reunited!

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As we’ve been following, Derek made the bold decision to include Julianne’s ex-husband Brooks Laich in his wedding party last year… Which is especially awkward considering how things between the former spouses ended. There was definitely some beefing going on behind closed doors. But Julianne and Derek now have a completely “clean slate.”

During an interview with People on Tuesday ahead of the release of her book Everything We Never Knew, Julianne spoke about her and her big brother coming together amid his wife’s health issues:

“Something happens and it just is like a clean slate. Especially with what just happened with Derek and Haley, there could have been little things just kind of looming or lingering in the background, but when you’re left with life-or-death situations, nothing else matters.”

So true. She continued:

“Whatever little things of competition there are or whatever it might be, those things just go away.”

Speaking more broadly about her family, the Footloose star added:

“The thing that hurts the most is when we’re not connected. And so sometimes you do the thing that hurts the most, which is remove yourself because you’re trying to protect yourself. So our family is like any other family. We have our situations and our s**t, but our deepest desire is to connect. And I think we all really have a strong desire to make that happen.”

We’re so happy they were able to mend things! Family first, right?? Has a crisis ever brought you and your feuding fam together?

[Images via Hayley Erbert/Instagram & MEGA/WENN]

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