Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway is making sure this Christmas is one to remember as her husband Derek Draper continues his health battle.
Former political aide Derek spent more than a year in hospital after being diagnosed with Covid in March 2020. He returned home over a year later and now receives 24-hour care.
Derek's condition after Covid is so bad that Kate previously admitted that if he was left unaided for three days in a row, he could die. Kate is currently caring for Derek herself and has insisted that she will never give up on the hopes that he will return to full health.
The 56-year-old has been unable to fully communicate, has issues with mobility and has struggled with major health problems. Earlier this month he was released from hospital after contracting sepsis so will be spending Christmas at home with his family.
And Kate was delighted that Derek would be home for Christmas and shared a series of sweet snaps of her family enjoying the festivities.
In one photograph, the couple's children Darcey, 16 and Billy, 13 stand next to a gorgeous Christmas tree.
In another, Kate can be seen hauling the tree out of her car, with the help from her parents. Kate captioned the snaps: "So they say it takes a village to raise a child, but how many does it take to raise a Christmas tree?
"Well in my case (altogether now sing along), 5 exasperated shop workers, 4 helpful neighbours, 3 frazzled parents, 2 excited kids & NOT a partridge in a pear tree but my Peugeot. Even my own mother didn’t believe I could get a 6-foot tree in but I knew my Percy Peugeot wouldn’t let me down!
She added: "So worth it to see the kids so happy, ready for Christmas."
Back in October, Kate opened up about the journey of looking after Derek and admitted that she has been sometimes "frustrated, emotional and depressed" caring for Derek, but desperately "wants him to survive".
Kate shared an intimate insight into her life and marriage in her ITV documentary 'Finding Derek' which showed how much her family's life had changed over the last two years.
Speaking to the camera she said: "In the documentary, you saw me frustrated, depressed, emotional.
"And I've been all of those and more in recent weeks and months and more. Because that's the thing with caring, you want it to carry on because you want the person to be surviving and still with you, so that you CAN care for them, but there isn't an endpoint and it doesn't get any easier."
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