September 28th 2023.
Kate Garraway has opened up about her family's worries regarding her husband Derek Draper's health. The Good Morning Britain star's 56-year-old husband still requires full-time care due to suffering serious complications after contracting Covid-19 in 2020.
Earlier this month, Kate, also 56, revealed Derek, with whom she shares two children, had developed a terrifying new condition that causes him to choke and ‘turn blue’. Speaking to Good Housekeeping, the TV star said that due to the numerous set backs and hospital visits, the fear of him dying has never left them.
"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," she said. "But because we keep having emergency setbacks and he’s had to be rushed back into hospital so many times, the fear of him dying has never left us."
To cope with her fear and stress, Kate has been trying to find ways to take control of her own happiness, such as carving out time for herself and having a girls' night with Charlotte Hawkins, Ranvir Singh and Susanna Reid.
Kate also revealed that a carer arrives at 8am every morning to look after Derek, with another taking over for a 12-hour shift before being replaced by a second carer who stays up with Derek until 8am the next morning.
The presenter then spoke about Derek's choking condition, noting that the dad-of-two ‘can neither breathe in oxygen nor expel carbon dioxide efficiently’. She added: "It happened again just last weekend. For absolutely no reason he just went blue.”
Kate regularly speaks on life as a carer for her husband and how he is progressing health-wise, and has released two documentaries on the subject: Finding Derek and Caring for Derek. The November 2023 issue of Good Housekeeping is now on sale.
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