Kate Garraway has given fans a new update on husband Derek Draper's health, revealing that while he is doing "alright", he is still "phenomenally fatigued".
The Good Morning Britain presenter has been open over her husband's battle following his year-long hospitalisation after getting COVID-19 in 2020.
Derek returned home in April last year, though still requires round-the-clock care. However, last month he was photographed on a rare trip out with his family to see panto.
Updating GMB viewers on how things were with her husband, Kate revealed today (January 4): "He's doing alright. He is phenomenally fatigued at the moment. He's very fatigued and very weak. We thought it was worth it and I know he did too."
Speaking about their recent family outing, the presenter went on to admit: "It was a special thing to be sitting there with the children holding their hands, doing something normal. But it took everything out of him.
"We don't quite know what this year is going to bring."
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Kate added that Derek was "aware that something special is happening", and insisted that he wanted to go ahead with the panto trip despite being tired in the morning.
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Last month, Kate spoke on Piers Morgan's Life Stories about her husband's ordeal with COVID, sharing: "It's devastated him. From the top of his head to the tip of his toe.
"His digestive system, his liver, his kidneys, his heart, his nervous system. We're pretty sure that the inflammation did pass through the brain. He still can't communicate, he still has issues with mobility.
"Fundamentally, he's in a terrible state. Look, he's alive, Piers."
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