Kate Garraway has told how she doesn't think she is "good enough" to care for her husband Derek Draper.
Kate Garraway has told how she doesn't think she is 'good enough' to care for her husband Derek Draper
The 'Good Morning Britain' presenter broke down in tears as she revealed Derek - who has needed around-the-clock care since a near-fatal battle with COVID-19 in 2020, which left him with major organ damage - suffered an infection over the last couple of weeks, but he now seems "brighter in himself".
Speaking on 'This Morning', she said: "I feel like I'm holding a life in my hands ... and I’m just not sure I’m good enough for that really.
"Derek had a really good day yesterday.
"He had an infection over the last couple of weeks which is receding, he seemed brighter in himself and very present because the cognition is very variable."
Kate says her and Derek's kids, Darcy, 17, and Billy, 14, have been "unbelievable" with him since he was struck down with COVID and has had to deal with the after-effects ever since.
She said: "He is most alive when they [the children] are around, and they are unbelievable ...
"I haven’t really talked about them and they’ve had their own traumas, but that’s not my story to tell, and maybe one day they’ll tell it.
"I want to protect them in that way, but they’ve been amazing with him in their different ways.
"It’s their love and the love of the carers too, because I do have help ... and when people focus on that, things do get better don’t they?"
Kate also admitted it was "surreal" when Derek was recently well enough to attend an Elton John concert and received a surprise dedication.
She added: "It was surreal! He [Elton] was thanking all these incredible people and we’d just come back in the room because Derek had had a moment where he just couldn’t cope, and we got him into a dark room and we nearly said ‘we’re going home’, but then we brought him back and had just settled down and suddenly, I mean, watch it!"
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