OHMYGOSSIP — Kate Garraway took husband Derek Draper to Mexico for a long COVID clinical trial.
The ‘Good Morning Britain’ presenter was invited to bring the 54-year-old former spin doctor to Monterrey – 11,000 miles away from home – to take part in the trial after he spent over a year in hospital with coronavirus in March 2020 and was placed in a coma.
Kate reveals their trip to Mexico on tonight’s ‘Caring For Derek’ documentary – a follow-up to the National Television Award-winning ‘Finding Derek’.
According to The Sun, the 54-year-old broadcaster said: “It took weeks and weeks of planning, and when I told Derek about this place he was excited.
“He is just so desperate to get better – he will do anything he can to make that happen.
“I think actually there’s a huge amount of hope for him to improve. I think the treatment could be positive.”
Despite her optimism, Kate is being “slightly careful” about what she reveals to not raise “false hope” for those also reliant on constant care after their COVID-19 infections.
Kate said: “I want to be slightly careful about saying too much, because I’m aware that everybody will go, ‘What is the trial?’ And I don’t want to start something, offering up false hope to others who might be in a similar position.”
Kate – whose husband requires constant around the clock care – is “desperate” for things to get better, but admitted he’s not “out of the woods yet”.
She continued: “But I’m just so desperate to be able to give a happy ending – for Derek mainly, but also for everybody who asks me every day how he’s getting on.
“I’m desperate to be able to tell them he’s getting better … but of course he’s not out of the woods yet.”
Kate – who has 15-year-old Darcey and 12-year-old Billy with Derek – is unable to gauge “how the treatment went so” as it’s the very beginning but acknowledged the “positives”.
She added: “It’s hard to say how the treatment went so far, as it’s very early in the treatment programme and he will need much more. We are also still waiting for final analysis of all the scans, but I like there was a lot of positives.”
To get him across the Atlantic, the new ‘Life Stories’ host had to arrange for a specialist nurse to accompany him and praised Derek for being “amazing”.
She said: “He was quite a nervous flyer anyway, so you can imagine how draining and overwhelming this must have been for him.
“But he was amazing, and was aware of what was going on the whole time. I’m so proud of him.”
Although Derek no longer has COVID, his major organs have suffered long-lasting damage, while he is unable to talk properly and may never be able to walk again.
Derek is due to return to Mexico in March for 28 days.
‘Caring For Derek’ airs from 9pm on ITV.

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