Derek Draper's final days will be shown in a new ITV documentary
It also covers the substantial costs and practical challenges of caring for people within their own home.
“It’s also a tribute to all of those who fight on to make every second of life count, whatever is thrown at them.”Mr Draper spent more than a year in hospital, during which time he spent two months in an induced coma.Kate Garraway and Derek Draper at the National Television Awards in 2007 “There are 17 people who count in this government, and to say I am intimate with all of them is the understatement of the century,” he was recorded as saying.
Kate and Derek first met in 2004 through a mutual friend, former GMTV political editor, Gloria De Piero.about that moment, Kate said: “Derek arrived thinking it was a date and that I was being incredibly cool by ignoring him.”“He asked me out, but the day of our date called to say he had a clash,” she said.
Since first contracting the disease, he went on to suffer with brain inflammation, kidney failure, liver and pancreas damage, as well as struggling to breathe unaided.Kate said: “It’s a case of trying to balance belief, hope, optimism with reality.In March 2021, she said of Derek’s condition: “His brain has always been his best friend and he’s lived on his wits and now suddenly his brain – as we all know controls his body – is no longer his friend and he’s fighting to get out.
She added: “But if you look back, there is some progress, he has more words now and his voice is stronger.
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