It’s a good day for Kate Garraway and her two children as husband Derek Draper has finally returned home after spending over a year in hospital following complications from Covid-19.
Derek is the longest surviving Covid patient in the UK, and has been under 24-hour supervision in hospital after suffering from liver, kidney and heart failure and being placed in a medically induced coma for four months.
And after Kate shared the emotional moment he first woke from his coma as part of her documentary, Finding Derek, last month, the Good Morning Britain presenter appeared on the show this morning to share the wonderful news that Derek has finally returned home to his family.
"As we pulled up, I could see two little faces of Darcey and Billy looking out the window and I could see Billy literally say 'He's here!' and they sort of ran out and ran forward," she said of the moment Derek saw his kids again for the first time.
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5 of 8Rylan Clark-Neal
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"He immediately burst into tears, there was a lot of hugging and got him inside. He absolutely knew he was home."
Although the decision has been made to continue Derek’s care at home, Kate admits that he’ll still need round-the-clock attention.
"I think anybody whose husband or loved one has been in hospital for a long time, what you want is for them to be home," she continued.
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"It’s been a lot of discussions, even before Christmas about what is the best way to go, because it’s kind of balancing… it’s a very unique situation, Derek’s situation.
"It's been about looking at his cognition and looking at his consciousness, and trying to think about what would be the best way to improve that."
She added, "It does feel a little bit like the hospital has come home with me at the moment, as we’ve got all sorts of professional people making sure everything is safe and then see how being in the family environment could help."