OHMYGOSSIP — Derek Draper had a rare brain inflammation.
The 53-year-old former lobbyist contracted COVID-19 last year and his wife Kate Garraway has revealed that Derek is also suffered with complications caused by the virus.
In an extract from Kate’s new memoir ‘The Power Of Hope’, published in Metro, Kate explains: “This, they told me, was a unique historical event, a one-off splurge of inflammation, and the fact that it showed up in some form on the earlier CT scans from back in April meant it happened right at the start when Derek was first on ECMO [a machine which oxygenates the blood].”
Doctors told Kate: “We can’t rule out some kind of recovery, but we can’t rule out him never recovering.”
Meanwhile, Kate recently admitted she feared at one point that Derek – who recently came home after a year in hospital – may never remember her and their kids, Darcey, 15 and Billy, 11.
Speaking on ‘This Morning’, she said: “For me, I just dreaded he wouldn’t remember us, which is rather selfish of me actually. Because I don’t know whether he would’ve been in a better or worse position.
“At one point we thought we might be caring for him at home and we’d be strangers. And that’s terrifying for him, and strange for us.
“But he definitely knows us, and he definitely is pleased to be home, and we’re so glad to have him home.”
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