Kate Garraway has spoken about feeling bother 'grief and hope' amid her husband's recovery.
Derek Draper contracted coronavirus in March 2020 and spent more than a year in hospital after becoming seriously ill with the virus.
He was finally able to return home in April last year and Kate has allowed cameras into her home for a new ITV documentary.
Caring for Derek, which will air on ITV tonight (Tuesday), follows Kate's 2021 documentary, Finding Derek, which was filmed before he returned to the family home with Kate and their two children - Darcey and Billy.
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While 54-year-old former political adviser Derek is now free of the virus, he has suffered long-lasting damage to his organs and requires care at home.
Kate has now revealed that Derek embarked on a secret journey to Mexico to take part in a ground-breaking medical trial.
The Good Morning Britain host told The Sun that the trip took weeks of planning and said her husband of 16 years was "excited" to learn about the opportunity.
"He is just so desperate to get better," she said. "He will do anything he can to make that happen.
"I think actually there’s a huge amount of hope for him to improve. I think the treatment could be positive. I want to be slightly careful about saying too much, because I’m aware everybody will go, 'What is the trial?'
"And I don’t want to start something, offering up false hope to others who might be in a similar position."
Kate, also 54, also admitted to the publication that it can feel "really lonely" while caring for her husband, and watching him confront his own reality.
"It’s like there’s both grief and hope in the same moment," she said.
"There are flashes of the old Derek and then he disappears again, and you’re left just feeling really lonely.
"Derek dreams about the ‘before’, and every morning it’s just so, so awful seeing him wake up, and the realisation of where he is.
"There’s a kind of heartbreak in his eyes, every single morning. You can just see it."
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