Kate Garraway's heartbreak after sick husband Derek is forced to miss special trip
ok.co.ukKate Garraway revealed that her husband, Derek Draper, was forced to pull out of a special family trip due to his continued ill health.The Good Morning Britain anchor, who earlier detailed the financial impact of her husband's health, found herself in an impossible situation in 2020 when Derek contracted covid.The author was then put into a coma by medical professionals and has since been in and out of the hospital with various health battles, including sepsis.
Kate, 55, has always been incredibly candid about her husband’s health and the knock-on effect it’s had on the rest of the family.
Kate sat down with I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here’s Giovanna Fletcher on the Walt Disney Travel Company’s new star-studded podcast, Journey to the Magic.The show previously hosted celebrities like Tom Fletcher, Ronan Keating, Alesha Dixon, and Alison Hammond, with Kate’s full episode available on March 15.
Updating fans on Derek’s progress, Kate admitted that it’s really challenging because he is “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,” she added. “But if you compare to last Christmas or the Christmas before, when he was still in hospital then you can see improvement.” Before the pandemic, Disney Paris was the last holiday Kate, Derek and their kids, Billy, 13, and Darcey, 17, went on.
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