Kate Garroway says Covid-19 could leave Chorley-born husband in a coma forever

Presenter Kate Garraway says her Chorley-born husband Derek Draper could be trapped in a coma for the rest of his life
Derek Draper and Kate GarrowayDerek Draper and Kate Garroway
Derek Draper and Kate Garroway

In an interview with The Sun, the Good Morning Britain host, 53, talked about Derek's devastating battle with coronavirus, which she says 'attacked everything.'Derek, 52, was admitted to hospital on March 30, after struggling to breathe. Kate and their children Billy, 10, and Darcey, 14, also experienced mild coronavirus symptoms.

Kate said she received a 'terrible phone call' two weeks ago from a senior doctor in the intensive care unit.

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The presenter explained: 'My first question, the one I always ask when the hospital call, was, 'Is Derek still alive?' and he said he was, but then asked me what my greatest fear was.'I said, "Derek dying" and he replied, "Well, now I think I have to give you a second worst case scenario, which is that he never changes from this, that he is locked in this for ever".

'He said, "I'm not telling you this to scare you. It's because we don't know if he can recover. We'll only know over the coming weeks and months", I threw up, there and then.'

The Good Morning Britain host described it as the 'second level of loss', saying even if he doesn't die, if he doesn't wake up she will have lost him anyway.