Chatting to hosts Amanda Holden and Jamie Theakston, she told listeners: I often think we all go 'that doctor who saved my life', 'thank you to that incredible surgeon'. What a brave woman How can anyone not abide by social distancing when this is happening all over the world. Writing a book about the experience, Kate has seen The Power of Hope soar to the top of the best seller list just days after being published. The revelation from Susanna comes as Kate said she was feeling "very emotional"as her husband Derek Draper remains in hospital. When he started feeling unwell at the end of March, Derek had initially thought it was a side effect of the new painkillers he was taking for a long-term shoulder injury and sinusitis as he didnt have a cough or temperature. 's newsletter, you acknowledge that you have read and accepted hellomagazine.com's privacy policy, the cookies policy, and the website terms of use, and that you consent to hellomagazine.com using your data according to the established laws. Stefania Sarrubba. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. "I keep saying I know I've had a miracle but if I could just have one more, and he could just make that next step - I know I'm pushing my luck.". Ahead of her second ITV documentary on Derek's Covid battle, Caring For Derek, Kate revealed that she accompanied her husband on an 11,000-mile trip to Mexico for cutting-edge medical. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Sobbing. He absolutely knew he was home, he is responding all the time - what he's not able to do is to talk". KATE Garraway has revealed that her husband Derek "still can't move" after his life was "devastated" by Covid-19. She explained that his situation still changes day by day: If they say this has improved today you dont feel the euphoria youd like because you have this feeling the next day something else will have gone wrong. Kate said shes reluctant to share too much about what the treatment is, saying onGMB,I want to be slightly careful about saying too much, because Im aware everybody will go, 'What is the trial? "It's going to take a lot of adjustment.". Published Discovery Company. This is a doctor who works in the US and he's been working for 13 years on clinical trials of this treatment and he is just at the point of waiting for approval on it and of course, 11 years ago there was no such thing as Covid so he's been looking at it for other things. Last week, Kate told viewers on Good Morning Britain: It has been wonderful having Derek at home. You can unsubscribe at any time. Read about our approach to external linking. He has no underlying health conditions. Video, Rescuers search wreckage of deadly Greece train crash, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. The absorption of food and vomiting are problems and theyre trying to work out whether thats because his cells dont produce the enzymes to digest. The presenters husband spent more than a year in hospital after falling ill with the coronavirus. Adil added: "We're all watching you and how you're dealing with such a terrible situation and how you're dealing with it with such grace and positivity. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. Kate Garraway, a host on ITVs national breakfast show Good Morning Britain, said she fears the reality of giving up her job to care full-time for her husband, Derek Draper. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Former Lobbyist Derek Draper contracted Covid-19 in 2020 and has since become one of the worst affected cases to have survived the virus. "We do need a lot of help. 1 min read. I have tried to do him and all those who love him justice, and his love and life are present in every line. "Theres a huge amount of hope for him to improve. '@kategarraway emotionally shares the news that her husband Derek is now at home . Kate Garraway, 53, has become a source of inspiration for her colleagues, as they praised her continued work ethic as her husband battles the deadly coronavirus. It was a stable day yesterday and I'm learning Adil that stable is sometimes good. Kate Garraway has revealed that husband Derek Draper had the worst Covid-19 infection of any surviving patient as the virus ravaged his lungs last year. '", RELATED: Kate Garraway's home is a sanctuary for Derek Draper. There have been lots of little positives - moments of recognition and reaction.. The GMB star, 54, was pictured with . "Then I said, 'I love you, I love you,' and the doctors said, 'he's gone, he's under,' and that was it - that was the last time I spoke to him.". Video, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. "While the doctors made it very clear they wouldn't have allowed him home if there was any risk to his health, I said: "I'm not pushing you to something that's not right [am I]?' By Kates book, The Power Of Hope, includes examples of her husbands texts from hospital, revealed in tomorrows Mail on Sunday. The 53-year-old's husband was hospitalised at the end of March last year with Coronavirus. 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", Derek still suffers from mobility and communication issues post-Covid, but in positive news, Kate toldThe Telegraphhe is able to understand whats going on. 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Speaking about the visit to the specialist clinic, Kate said: "It's all come about because of the first documentary. She added that even though the news was "amazing", she was also "trying to balance the emotions of the next stage". Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much VideoRescuers search wreckage of deadly Greece train crash, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Kate Garraway has said she does not know whether her husband will ever have any kind of life again in an interview describing the "horror story" of his year with coronavirus. Kate explained: With Derek for a lot of his time, he was in a coma, and everyday the nurses would go in, of course we couldnt, his family couldnt, and they would go in and I just thought it was miraculous because they would say, 'Good morning Derek, how are you this morning?. The pair married in 2005 and have two children, who both appeared in the documentary. I think the treatment could be positive," she said. "But good to know things are moving forward, trials are being done and other lives can be saved," she finished. Sunday 5 December 2021 20:45, UK Derek is an extreme case. Kate in the latest issue of Good Housekeeping. However, she noted how doctors and nurses - who she described as being "extraordinary "- were now starting to see "completely unforeseen circumstances" and consequences connected to the virus. The couple, who have two children, will feature in a documentary aired later this month on ITV. "The problem is I have huge hope and massive positivity and will never give up on that because Derek is the core of our lives, but at the same time I have absolute uncertainty," she added. His recovery from his "unique" condition will involve working with physiotherapists and speech therapists. Appearing on The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, the. "He's got some more movement in his hands, he can show emotion. TV presenter Kate Garraway has said it is "a miracle" her husband is still alive after his "extraordinary battle" with the "evil" coronavirus. . The Power Of Hope by Kate Garraway (Transworld Publishers Ltd, 20). During the same period, he wrote a book about Tony Blairs premiership. The presenter's husband was admitted to hospital with Covid-19 last March . He was a lot of memory but accessing it is limited. Ahead of her second ITV documentary on Dereks Covid battle,Caring For Derek, Kate revealed that she accompanied her husband on an 11,000-mile trip to Mexico for cutting-edge medical treatment that they hope will make a difference to his recovery. But then his kidneys started failing and he was on dialysis. "I don't know about mental wellbeing if I'm absolutely honest because he is still so affected in terms of communication and mobility that I wouldn't feel qualified to say whether it had had an impact in terms of depression and anxiety, Garraway replied. Kate Garraway has shared that her husband Derek Draper is still terribly affected by his long battle with COVID. It's been a devastating. Kate, 54, explained that while they are "a few weeks in" to having him back, the former lobbyist is a "long way" from the Derek Draper everyone knew. The TV personality, who has appeared on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here and Strictly Come Dancing, added: "And it's not just me by the way, it's his mum and dad and his sisters and everybody who loves him - all his friends, we're all going through that.". Although the virus has not been present in Drapers body since the late summer, it has led to kidney failure, damage to his liver and pancreas and heart failure. Kate Garraway has confessed that her relationship with husband Derek Draper has changed in the wake of his long road to recovery from COVID-19. Last month ITV broadcast Finding Derek, a documentary exploring Draper's illness and its effect on their two children - daughter Darcey, 15, and 11-year-old son Billy. TV presenter Kate Garraway's husband Derek has been in hospital for a year after being admitted with COVID symptoms in March 2020. The topic arose after Katepreviously statedthat she wanted to give Derek her blood in an attempt to help him recover,andAdil praised her for being "so inspiring" to viewers. She told the ITV programme she was putting on a brave face for the sake of their two young children, Darcey and Billy, and still enjoyed "moments of joy" and silliness with them, as her husband would have wanted. Read about our approach to external linking. If you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. Kate revealed to You magazine that he is one of only an estimated five people in the world to have been so badly affected by coronavirus but still be alive. All Rights Reserved. Express. Kate's interview in Good Housekeeping comes after she returned to Instagram last week to give her many followers an update on Derek. Good Morning Britain anchor Kate and her family have been through hell over the past year after former Labour aide Derek was taken into hospital with symptoms of coronavirus. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. He was only supposed to be in the coma for three to five days. Katie Weston For Mailonline In one phone call, he told her: I want you at the funeral.. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric', The people who want you to believe the Ukraine war is fake, What we've learned from Alex Murdaugh murder trial. One scene saw her recall being told by her husband's doctors that he was the most seriously ill person they had seen who remained alive. And she is now set to share another glimpse into his progress in a follow-up programme called Caring For Derek, which is due to air next week. He has not regained his speech and remains seriously ill. Doctors say he was the most seriously sick patient to have survived the virus. When asked how her husband is mentally in February 2022, Kate told Ben Shephard and Dr. Hilary Jones: "Idon't know about mental wellbeing if I'm absolutely honest because he is still so affected in terms of communication and mobility that I wouldn't feel qualified to say whether it had had an impact in terms of depression and anxiety. On an emotional level, I hope readers will also draw something from how we, his family, have struggled to cope.. And if you think about having to exude love out of yourself to someone who is unconscious, not responsive, not able to say thank you, not able to acknowledge it, they did it continuously, relentlessly and that must have been what was a big part of trying to haul Derek from this frightening place he was in.. Read about our approach to external linking. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. While the doctors are still unable to say whether Draper will recover or not - or how soon - the presenter is certain that her family's life must now begin to return to normality. 2023 BBC. By Naomi Gordon 21/01/2021 Kate Garraway has. Something went wrong, please try again later. "Obviously within the very necessary Covid restrictions that are in place, I couldn't visit, family couldn't visit, even some of the therapeutic things we would want to do to help him move forward couldn't happen, so taking all that into account, they said, 'Right let's give this a go, let's get him home safely'. A similar, highly publicized case saw Broadway actor Nick Cordero die aged 41 last year, after battling the disease and related complications for more than three months. Kate Garraway has opened up about her experiences since her husband Derek Draper was hospitalised with COVID-19 in March 2020 - and shared something we didn't expect. Updating viewers on Good Morning Britain, Garraway said: Obviously he is still terribly affected by COVID, and undoubtedly it has had an effect on certainly brain connections to his body., Read more: Kate Garraway 'still hoping for a miracle' for Derek Draper, Her co-host Ben Shephard asked: "So not just physical wellbeing, but mental wellbeing as well?". Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric', The people who want you to believe the Ukraine war is fake, What we've learned from Alex Murdaugh murder trial. Kate Garraway 's husband, Derek Draper, has been in hospital since the start of April with coronavirus, but the presenter has revealed he is one of five people in the world to have been so. In a documentary that aired on ITV on Tuesday, Garraway, also 53, detailed the severity of his condition and spoke to others who have experienced serious cases of long Covid., Dereks is an extreme case. He said earnestly:"Kate, I will say this, you're so inspiring at a time like this. She said the family had "constructed a version" of their dinner table, so he could re-join them. It typically causes persistent fatigue, headaches or brain fog for some time after a person stops being infectious. His condition quickly worsened and he was put in a medically induced coma by doctors as Kate and the couple's children Billy and Darcy were unable to visit him due to lockdown restrictions. "And I know that's what a lot of people are going through.". He remained in the medically induced coma until July 2020 yet stayed in hospital until April 2021, when he returned to the family home in North London. She continued: "But it was exactly because of all the fear and anxiety that it became so important for us to cover stories of hope and inspiration. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. In February 2022, Kate shared that she and Derek hadvisited a specialist clinic in Mexico after an eminent doctor reached out after seeing theFinding Derekdocumentary. Read about our approach to external linking. A British TV anchor has opened up about her husband's harrowing, year-long ordeal with Covid-19, which has left him hospitalized since last March. But obviously I hadn't. ", READ:Kate Garraway gives heartbreaking update on husband Derek Draper's health battle, MORE: Kate Garraway reveals bittersweet reaction to parting from Derek Draper for first time in two years, Doctors told Kate in June 2021 that if they didnt see improvement within two years of Derek contracting Covid that there was"very little chance of him making any meaningful recovery. He can't really move, his communication is minimal. "And the doctors don't know because they've never seen this before. As he was lifted into an ambulance, Kate said he told her: This is not the last time you will see me. 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