TV presenter Kate Garraway has spoken about her husband in an emotional interview, saying he is "very damaged" three years after contracting Covid.
The ITV Good Morning Britain host explained that Derek Draper, who spent 13 months in hospital in 2020 before returning to the family home, "can't move or speak" and now needs round the clock care. He has become the longest-suffering coronavirus patient in the UK.
But Kate, 55, has been with her husband of 13 years every step of the way as he has fought to survive. Speaking to Giovanna Fletcher on her podcast, Journey To Magic, Kate shared some insight into her family life with Derek, and their children.
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Three years after her husband first faced life-changing challenges amid his Covid battle, the broadcaster has revealed that her husband is "very damaged" but is still making progress every day, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Talking about her family, Kate said: "They’re OK, they're good. It is challenging, he's still very, very damaged. He still can't really move, still can't really speak, still fed through tubes, and so there's a long road ahead. But if you compare to last Christmas or the Christmas before, when he was still in hospital then you can see improvement.
"It's just, you just want it to be quicker and faster, of course, like everybody would. But it's a challenging one - he spent most of last year in the hospital as well for various different things, so it was lovely to have him home."
Kate recently revealed that, most of the time, Derek "can't do anything" as she shared a heartbreaking update on their struggles. She said: "There are some days where he literally cannot do anything and it’s like the computer is switched off. He cannot move, and he’s in so much pain as we are manipulating him, trying to get him more mobile so that he doesn’t regress."
The presenter has previously opened up on her journey with Derek in an award-winning documentary and her own book —-sharing how the family have adapted their lives since Derek contracted Covid in 2020.
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