{"id":69143,"date":"2023-12-04T11:56:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T11:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/?p=69143"},"modified":"2023-12-04T11:56:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T11:56:52","slug":"kate-garraways-challenging-christmas-as-she-gives-update-on-husbands-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/celebrities\/kate-garraways-challenging-christmas-as-she-gives-update-on-husbands-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Garraways challenging Christmas as she gives update on husbands health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kate Garraway gives update on husband Derek Draper<\/h3>\n

Good Morning Britain star Kate Garraway has revealed she’ll be hosting Christmas for her family and in-laws as it’s too “challenging” for her husband Derek Draper to travel. The former political advisor is wheelchair-bound and relies on assistance to stand up after health complications from Covid-19 robbed him of his mobility.<\/p>\n

Kate’s husband, who she married in 2005, fell seriously ill with the disease in March 2020 and spent 184 days in and out of intensive care. In an update, Kate said the family are hoping his condition improves as he currently undergoes further treatment.<\/p>\n

She said of his latest hospital trip: “It\u2019s not an emergency thing, it\u2019s not a dramatic rush back into intensive care thank goodness \u2013 it\u2019s something that started last year that we hope will lead to improvement. I\u2019ve managed to get it in before the end of the year. It\u2019s something we were trying to do in the summer but you know there are referrals and time and all of those things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Due to his current situation, Kate went on to say the “practical solution” for Christmas this year is to stay at home. “It\u2019s quite challenging for Derek to travel,\u201d she told OK! Magazine.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s easier for people to come to us, which means they have to suffer my cooking!\u201d Kate’s family’s festivities will last several days with the help of her parents Marilyn and Gordon.<\/p>\n

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She added: “We\u2019ll just get as much of the family, the Drapers and the Garraways, together \u2013 even if it\u2019s not all on one day.” The presenter’s latest interview comes after she admitted Derek was “living in the world of the unknown”.<\/p>\n

Speaking 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.”<\/p>\n

Reflecting on his health as a whole, 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”.<\/p>\n

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