Kate Garraway has given a heartbreaking update on husband Derek Draper’s ongoing health battle.
Derek was seriously ill with Covid in March 2020 and since then has faced a series of health complications, including kidney failure and liver damage.
He is now living with lasting damage to his organs. Appearing on the Emotionally Speaking podcast with host Peter Leonard, Kate shared: “When he wakes up in the morning it is heartbreaking because it feels as though you are watching someone who may have been inhabiting his old life in his dreams, and then he wakes up and you see the cloud descend of the battle he has ahead.”
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She continued: “If you look back, there is some progress, he has (said) more words now and his voice is stronger,” adding that at times she will hear “a little bit of a Chorley accent”.
With his body however, Derek still cannot sit up on his own without assistance and relies on his family and carers for help, the Express reports.
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Just last week, Kate revealed on Loose Women that he was back in hospital, but thankfully nothing to do with “horrific drama”.
She shared: “He’s gotten back in for something that he began last year, which he needed the second part of which will hopefully mean he has more movement, physical fractures. So it’s a positive hospital thing. So he’s actually not at home at the moment… but hopefully won’t be in for too long.”
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