Kate Garraway shares 'heartbreak' over husband Derek Draper after hospital admission
29.11.2023 - 13:23
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Kate Garraway has opened up the 'heartbreak' she feels over her husband Derek Draper's health after his latest hospital visit. Last week, the Good Morning Britain star told how Derek was in hospital for a planned visit as part of his on-going treatment.
Kate has been open and honest about the highs and lows of her and her family's life ever since the coronavirus pandemic. Derek, a former Labour lobbyist, contracted the virus in March 2020 and was taken to the hospital where he was put in an induced coma.
TV and radio star Kate has previously told how Covid 'wreaked havoc' on Derek's body and he spent just over a year in hospital before returning home in April 2021, where he has needed round-the-clock care ever since.
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When sharing Derek's hospital visit on Loose Women on November 23, Kate said: "I haven't talked about this, but not the horrific drama fortunately, because there have been lots of, as we all experience, referrals and cancellations." She then went on to explain "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. So when the visiting game, but hopefully won't be in for too long." Now, Kate has told of her worries about Derek's health, saying she's never felt like he is 'safe' and shared the 'heartbreak' she feels over Derek's health while on new podcast Emotionally Speaking with host Peter Leonard.
She explained: 'He is