Kate Garraway's husband has spoken for the first time in seven months, amid his battle with Covid-19.
Kate Garraway
Derek Draper has been hospitalised since being diagnosed with Covid-19 in March and recently whispered the word "pain" to his wife, over FaceTime.
Kate, 53, told The Sun newspaper: "It happened when the nurses were moving Derek, as part of his treatment, to trigger the sensation of gravity because he's been horizontal for so long.
"As they were shifting him, they asked if he could feel anything — not expecting a response as he hadn’t previously. But suddenly he mouthed in a whisper, 'Pain'.
"They called me straight after and I burst into tears. The staff told me later that they were so emotional as well. He’s said it twice now and I was there for the second one, watching him over FaceTime."
Derek, 53, was rushed to the hospital and put into an induced coma in March after testing positive for the virus.
He has since tested negative but must remain in hospital due to the damaging impact the virus has had on his body.
Kate recently admitted she sympathises with people who are "fed up" of the pandemic, but she called for people to do their "best" after some have snubbed social distancing and ditched their face masks.
She said: "I have huge sympathy with people who are fed up with it [coronavirus]. I think if you haven't been touched by it directly, but your livelihood has been devastated, then of course you are going to get frustrated.
"It makes me tempted to show them a picture of Derek in his current state and say, 'You don’t want this in your life.'
"I think there is huge confusion but we know we should be wearing a mask and social distancing. We have to do our best.
"There are so many shades of grey. If we stick to basics we can hopefully get through it."
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