Erin Bates’ husband, Chad Paine, is grateful to be surrounded by a village of loved ones amid his wife’s ongoing health struggles.

Paine, 38, took to Instagram on Friday, September 12, to share a carousel of photos featuring several Bates family members, including Erin’s parents, Gil and Kelly Jo Bates, and her siblings Alyssa Bates Webster, Tori Bates Smith, Michaela Bates Keilen, Lawson Bates and Lawson’s wife, Tiffany Espensen.

The images showed Erin’s family visiting her in the hospital, caring for her and Paine’s newborn son, Henry, and spending time with the couple’s six other children: Carson, 10, Brooklyn, 9, Everly, 7, Holland, 5, Finley, 3, and William, 22 months.

“We have been completely overwhelmed by the love and support of family and friends during this difficult season,”

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