it’s a moment that Kate Garaway There will never be fear.
But after 21 tough months, she is finally able to enjoy a family with her husband Derek Draper as she battles the ravages of COVID.
Though still weakened and worsened by the virus’s devastating effects, the former political adviser managed to raise a smile, as our heart-wrenching photos show.
And that, to a large extent, also brought a look of joy to Ms. Garraway’s face as she enjoyed the afternoon at pantomime with her two children.
Mr Draper was allowed to go home for Christmas, which the presenter poignantly called ‘the biggest gift’ he could get.
“Last Christmas Eve, we had a lot of promises and a lot of hopes but Derek was in the hospital,” she recalled.
‘We didn’t know if he was going to live or die, praying it was going in the right direction.’
Although still weak and deteriorating from the virus’s devastating effects, former political adviser Derek Draper managed to raise a smile after meeting Cinderella’s family at the Richmond Theater
After 21 tough months, Kate Garraway is finally able to enjoy a family with her husband Derek Draper as she battles the ravages of COVID
The visit to see Cinderella at the Richmond Theater in west London is the first time the 54-year-old (centre) has been seen outside since contracting COVID in March 2020.
The visit to see Cinderella at the Richmond Theater in west London is the first time the 54-year-old has been seen outside since contracting Covid in March 2020.
He was so seriously ill that he was placed in a medically induced coma for several months, and had ‘extraordinary problems with communication, very limited mobility, enormous problems with fatigue and at times it seemed that he was yours. Was. was not. do not exist together,’ the bravely honest words of Ms. Garraway.
But despite such great troubles, the couple enjoyed a trip to the theater with 15-year-old Darcy and 12-year-old son Billy.
After the show, children in Islington, north London, hugged their father tightly and waited for a taxi to return home.
The former political adviser was taken to hospital last March after falling seriously ill with an unexpected respiratory bug (pictured in 2019).
Panto stars Anton du Beke, who was Ms. Garraway’s partner when she participated in Strictly Come Dancing in 2007.
These touching photos were taken on Wednesday, just two days before he described his slow but positive progress on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.
Talking about the signs of her recovery, she said: ‘We were playing a silly game, one of those moral question games… and she asked “who is most likely to get the money on the floor”. And will put him?” And everyone in the room said “Darcy” at the same time and he started laughing.
‘And honestly, it was just the cutest moment because you thought he got it, he understands. And he’s right! Because he is most likely!’
Derek Draper was so seriously ill that he was placed in a medically induced coma for several months, and continues to have ‘extraordinary problems with communication’.
Ms Garraway, 54, also gave a touching message about love when she appeared on ITV’s Royal Carols: Together at Christmas Friday
Ms Garraway, 54, also penned a touching message about love on ITV’s Royal Carols: Together at Christmas at Christmas on Friday.
He read Christina Rossetti’s poem Love Come Down at Christmas before the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in concert, which was recorded at Westminster Abbey on 9 December.
She also told Women’s Own magazine that she would be missing Christmas, adding: ‘It’s syncing with a new normal, but also being grateful that she’s here … which we feared’ Will this ever happen? Will not done.’