Kate Garraway has revealed that her husband, Derek Draper, is back home after a prolonged hospital stay due to health issues related to Covid.
In October, the good morning uk The presenter revealed that Draper had been diagnosed with sepsis since March 2020 after spending a year in hospital with Covid, requiring 24-hour care.
His readmission to hospital after taking a “turn for the worst” in July came days after Garraway won the National Television Award for Best Documentary. derek care, which follows her husband’s health battle and its effect on those around him.
as soon as she returned gmb And Lorraine Today (Friday 2 December), Garraway revealed that Draper has now returned to the house.
“It’s a long attack, and I can see… he has good days, he has bad days,” she explained to him. gmb co-hosts Ben Shepherd and Lorraine Host Lorraine Kelly. “She’s thankfully home now. I think it’s been very hard for her and it’s been very hard for the people around her.
She said: “I can’t help but think that everyone around me must be fed up with back teeth, and that’s a problem if you have a long-term condition that doesn’t go away quickly, and the fight continues. Is.”
Shepherd and Kelly were quick to reassure her that this “wasn’t the case” but they understood why Garvey felt that way.
“The thing I’m really aware of is that people are going ‘Oh she’s talking about it again’, and I don’t want to go on about it because what I’ve learned is really you only know how it feels when you’re there…
“Now I am contacted every day, which makes me feel less isolated, with thousands of people saying ‘please say more because we are struggling’.”