Kate Garraway husband Derek Draper

Kate took several weeks off from her Good Morning Britain and Smooth FM radio shows to be by Derek's bedside as he took a turn for the worse recently.

"By process of elimination and questions, a really junior doctor asked me what I thought it might be," she added. It was really dramatic." He suffered significant damage to his organs after being put on a ventilator and was in intensive care for 214 days. "They just went, 'kidneys'. Speaking about Derek's condition on her return to GMB she said: "Derek came out of hospital three weeks ago and we hadn't had any medical eruptions. Unfortunately his kidneys were really badly infected, blocked, and the challenge now is to save them. "Doctors explained there was no alternative but to operate. Derek was in a coma after being hospitalised with coronavirus in March 2020. He was just really unwell. "He knew it wasn't Covid because we tested before, but I said I wondered if it was a urine infection but weirdly we couldn't get anything for a sample. We called an ambulance, he went to A&E and they said he had very severe, life-threatening sepsis. [Derek's bedside when he took a turn for the worse recently](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/kate-garraway-breaks-silence-husband-24637247).

Kate Garraway's husband Derek Draper has been experiencing complications from a serious Covid infection he contracted in 2020, which has required extensive ...

"The sepsis is under control. She was later told that he had developed "severe sepsis" that left him fighting for his life. Of course Kate and the family are worried but she’s been reassured the procedure itself is routine. [Kate Garraway shares hopes to have husband Derek by her side as she picks up MBE](https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/kate-garraway-mbe-hope-derek-27353726) [Kate Garraway reflects on how her relationship has changed with husband Derek](https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/kate-garraway-husband-derek-draper-27350452) [Kate Garraway feels 'exhausted and fretful' as husband Derek is 'in and out of hospital'](https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/kate-garraway-exhausted-fretful-derek-27212374) [Kate Garraway explains Good Morning Britain absence after 'urgent' issue at home](https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/kate-garraway-explains-absence-gmb-26838415) [For the latest updates on your favourite celebs, sign up to OK!'s daily celebrity newsletter](https://www.ok.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/) [ informed his condition during a live phone call backstage](https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/breaking-kate-garraway-derek-turn-27534293) at the Good Morning Britain set. [ gruelling infection had been brought under control](https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/breaking-kate-garraway-derek-health-27621873) by medics. [rushed to A&E in July after he contracted sepsis](https://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/how-recognise-sepsis-symptoms-kate-27635315), a condition that set back weeks of progress that had been made in his recovery. [Kate gave an update on her husband](https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/breaking-kate-garraway-derek-health-27769910) on Good Morning Britain on Thursday 18 Auust when speaking to rail union boss Mick Lynch. "I spend pretty much all of my time on trains, or in hospital with Derek," she told him, appearing to imply that her other half is still in hospital, but out of the intensive care unit. [Good Morning Britain](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/good-morning-britain) presenter, 55, has been supporting her husband throughout his ongoing complications from an Covid infection he contracted in 2020. [Kate Garraway](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/kate-garraway)’s husband Derek Draper is reportedly in hospital following a “serious” medical procedure. [The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/19563301/kate-garraway-derek-draper-hospital-operation/): "Doctors explained there was no alternative but to operate.