Kate Garraway says she fears husband Derek could die any minute in devastating update
Kate Garraway has confessed that she and her children still live in fear of the possibility that her husband, Derek Draper, could die at any minute despite him now living at home.
Derek Draper, 56, suffered severe complications from contracting the virus in March 2020 and spent months in the hospital battling for his life.
As he battled to stay alive, Kate's husband was placed into a coma and suffered brain inflammation, kidney failure, damage to his liver and pancreas.
Derek is now back at home but requires round-the-clock care, with Kate opening up in an interview about how 'the fear of him dying' has never left her.
Speaking to Good Housekeeping, the Good Morning Britain host said: “I’d love to be able to tell you that, since Derek has been home, everything has been easy, that the miracle of him being at home has turned the day-to-day challenges into a breeze.
"But because we keep having emergency setbacks and he’s had to be rushed back into the hospital so many times, the fear of him dying has never left us. The unpredictability of his day-to-day condition means we’re living on a rollercoaster.”
Kate shared her desire to “take back control” of her life, despite it now looking completely different.
The TV presenter has had to make their home accessible for him by installing a wheelchair ramp and converting the garage into a ground-floor wet room.
Derek now has a special bedroom for all of his medical equipment as he requires 24-hour care.
She continued: “I’ve been experimenting with ways to take control of my own happiness. I now deliberately carve out time to give myself the gift of doing something that only helps me.
"It might be only 10 minutes of something physical, such as stretching, pottering in the garden with a mug of tea, or reading something not related to work. And I’ve put some fun girls’ nights in the diary with Charlotte Hawkins, Ranvir Singh, and Susanna Reid.”
Derek, who previously worked as a lobbyist, has been left with long-lasting organ damage from his near-fatal Covid battle.
He was finally discharged home after spending more than a year in the hospital but has since been rushed back on multiple occasions, including in October 2022, after he contracted sepsis
Derek is now disabled and currently needs to be held upright by two for five days at a time in order for him to bear any weight.
Kate has opened up about her life-changing experience in her new book: The Strength Of Love: Embracing An Uncertain Future With Resilience and Optimism (Blink Publishing) by Kate Garraway, which is out now.
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