Kate Garraway shares heartbreak as Derek 'unable to move with tears rolling down his face'
05.03.2023 - 06:43
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Kate Garraway, 55, has described how her husband Derek Draper, 55, has become "trapped" in his own body. The former lobbyist, who suffers from a severe form of long Covid, spent over a year in hospital after first being rushed in back in 2020 - and has been struggling with his health ever since. Good Morning Britain presenter Kate opened up about the long-term impacts Covid has had on Derek's body in a heart-wrenching new interview.
She described how her husband will sometimes lie in bed with "tears rolling down his face" as he desperately struggles to move and speak. "Derek is trapped, but he fights on. We cling on to the good days," she said.
"Every day is a roller coaster," the mother-of-two continued in reference to her family's day-to-day following Derek's life-changing illness. READ MORE: Gary Lineker opens up on 'unusual' relationship with ex-wife Danielle"Derek's spirit fluctuates. Sometimes he lies there, unable to move, with tears rolling down his face and it is heartbreaking.
"But if it's hard for us, I cannot imagine how hard it must be for him," she added in her interview with the Sun. Kate has been caring for Derek ever since he entered hospital back in March 2020, where he was placed on a ventilator and put in an induced coma. During that terrifying time, Kate and their children Darcey, 16, and Billy, 13, were unable to visit him due to strict lockdown rules.
Kate also revealed that she has been forced to foot sky-high bills for Derek's "potentially life-changing" medical trials in Mexico, and for his continued care in the UK. She also clarified that, in spite of her GMB fame, she has no ability to skip NHS waiting lists and has to patiently wait like everyone else. Kate felt compelled to speak out
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