Full timeline of Kate Garraway and Derek Draper’s Covid journey-Kim Novak-Entertainment – Metro

Derek and Kate both contracted coronavirus in March 2020, but while the Good Morning Britain presenter had a milder case, Derek’s illness was set to worsen.

A spokesperson for Kate reveals that Derek was admitted to hospital earlier in the week and is in intensive care.

Kate remains in isolation at home with her children after also displaying symptoms, but has not been tested at this stage.

Doctors put Derek into an induced coma to help his body fight the effects of coronavirus.

Kate reveals that she speaks to him and plays music to him via video call but doesn’t know if he can hear her.

Kate revealed that Derek had fought off the Covid-19 infection but it had ‘wreaked extraordinary havoc’ on his body.

She is warned that his recovery is uncertain and he may remain in a coma for a year.

Kate reveals that Derek remains in a ‘minimally conscious state’ which doctors warn could last indefinitely.

Kate returned to work after doctors urged her not to put her life on hold and celebrated lockdown rule changes meaning she was able to visit Derek in hospital.

She and their two children, Darcey and William, had not been allowed to see Derek in hospital for four months due to visiting being suspended amid the pandemic.

Kate reveals that Derek’s illness has meant he lost eight stone in weight, much of it due to muscle wastage, after being in hospital for such a long time.

She says it was a ‘shock’ to see him for the first time as he was unconscious and wired up to several tubes in hospital.

Kate revealed her heartbreak after Derek said his first word, revealing it to be ‘pain’.

While she was happy that he was progressing and able to articulate a word, Kate was devastated that it suggested he was in pain.

After 214 days in hospital, Derek was able to breathe without a ventilator once more.

Kate revealed that Derek’s tracheotomy tube had been removed and he was now breathing on his own without intervention.

She added that he still required some assistance through the night with his breathing, however.

Kate shared the couple’s journey in a documentary, revealing that she had adapted their home to accommodate his mobility needs and equipment.

She also revealed that he had ‘no muscle left’ after spending so many months in bed.

Kate and her children were over the moon as Derek was finally able to return home after over a year in hospital.

While he still faces a ‘long and gruelling’ recovery, Derek will receive round the clock care in the family home.

Kate shared an update on her husband Derek , revealing his ‘communication is very minimal’ and ‘he can’t really move’.

Derek had worked as a psychotherapist before he was hospitalised with Covid-19 at the start of the pandemic.

Kate Garraway revealed emotional moment husband Derek Draper said ‘I love you’ for first time since Covid ordeal.

Derek was seen smiling on a rare family outing after his battle with coronavirus. 

‘We thought it was worth it and I know he did too,’ she said. ‘It took everything out of him. We don’t know what this year is going to bring.’

Kate gave a sombre update on the health of husband Derek Draper.

A preview clip of the new ITV film was shown on Tuesday’s episode of Good Morning Britain, with Kate explaining that the footage still makes her emotional.

The presenter had an emotional surprise when she learned that nurse Beth Dixon, who was being interviewed on Good Morning Britain, had been among those looking after Derek.

The presenter took to Instagram to tell her followers the news, saying recent weeks had left her ‘exhausted and very fretful’.

Speaking at the Tric Awards in London, she responded to a question from The Sun about Derek: ‘He’s ok, he’s back in hospital actually, so that’s a development. There we are.’

Kate pulls out of presenting Good Morning Britain as a source says the family are ‘very worried’ about Derek’s condition. An ITV spokesperson said: ‘Kate is taking some time off work over the next few days, and is hoping to be back to her normal presenting duties as soon as possible.’