Kate Garraway has made an appearance on social media to congratulate Sky News anchor Sarah-Jane Mee on the safe arrival of her baby.
Kate has not been active of late online, due to her husband Derek Draper’s weeks-long battle against COVID-19, for which he is in intensive care.
But the thoughtful Good Morning Britain star was sure to comment under Sarah-Jane’s post announcing the news that she has given birth to a little girl – ‘ a cute sidekick for big brother Teddy’.
Well-wishes: Kate Garraway has made an appearance on social media – having been noticeably absent while her husband Derek Draper battles COVID-19
Kate commented: ‘Wonderful – so pleased for you xxxx’
Her GMB colleague Piers Morgan revealed that Kate, 52, is ‘living in hope’ for husband Derek’s recovery after his 13-week coronavirus battle.
He made the comments during a segment on Monday’s show.
He was speaking to a nurse who beat COVID-19 after 93 days in intensive care before praising her resilience.
Warming news: Kate congratulated Sky News anchor Sarah-Jane Mee on the safe arrival of her baby
Arrival: Kate was sure to comment under Sarah-Jane’s post announcing the news that she has given birth to a little girl – ‘ a cute sidekick for big brother Teddy’.
Kate commented: ‘Wonderful – so pleased for you xxxx’
Candid: Piers Morgan has revealed that Kate is ‘living in hope’ for her husband’s recovery after a 13-week coronavirus battle
Piers told the guest: ‘You are a fantastic inspiration to everybody who may have a loved one who is still in intensive care and who may be worried sick about whether they may come out.
‘We have obviously one of our own, Kate Garraway, whose husband is in this terrible position.
‘We wish them, as always, all the very best, but they’re living in hope.’
It comes after Kate broke her social media silence on Tuesday to respond to a fan who urged her to ‘keep hanging on’ as her husband remains in intensive care.
Worrying time: Piers said that Kate has stepped back from all platforms in recent weeks, as her husband Derek, 52, remains critically ill after coronavirus caused ‘extraordinary damage’ (pictured together in 2008)
The TV personality, 53, has stepped back from all platforms in recent weeks, as her husband Derek, 52, remains critically ill after coronavirus caused ‘extraordinary damage’.
Kate replied to a follower’s Tweet who encouraged her to watch a YouTube video of Australian mountaineer Lincoln Hall who explains the stages of unconsciousness he came back from.
Support: It comes after Kate broke her social media silence on Tuesday to respond to a fan who urged her to ‘keep hanging on’ as her husband remains in intensive care
Miracles do happen: The fan had encouraged Kate to watch a video about Lincoln Hall, who survived a night at the summit of Mount Everest after his team had to abandon him
The fan wrote: ‘Keep going with the messages he is hanging on, for a reason, for you, the kids, he has to come back to you all and he will.
‘Try to watch the YouTube clip about Lincoln Hall, he explains about the stages of unconsciousness that he came back from. Big hugs xxx’.
Kate typed back: ‘Thanks – will do xxx’.
The fan had encouraged Kate to watch a video about Hall, who reached the summit of Mount Everest on his second attempt in 2006, miraculously surviving the night at 8,700m on descent, after his family was told he had died.
Heartache: Earlier this month Kate broke down in tears as she revealed Derek thanked her for ‘saving his life’ before he slipped into a coma
Kate’s husband has been in a comatose state in intensive care for the past 12 weeks, after contracting coronavirus.
Former lobbyist Derek is now free of COVID-19, but is suffering from serious residual complications.
Earlier this month Kate broke down in tears as she revealed Derek thanked her for ‘saving his life’ before he slipped into a coma.
Lovely surprise: The GMB host previously revealed the couple were set to renew their wedding vows after Derek popped the question again after she left the I’m A Celebrity jungle
The presenter became overcome with emotion during a recent instalment of GMB as she admitted she ‘doesn’t know’ if Derek can recover from the ‘extraordinary damage’ COVID-19 has inflicted on his body, and may be in a coma for a year.
Kate said: ‘Well there will be tears, I’ll try to keep them down, he’s still with us, he has fought the most extraordinary battle, the fact that he’s still here and holding on.
‘I am so grateful that he’s still here, and I’ve got the option of praying while others have lost that.
‘He’s very, very sick and as time goes on, it’s a virus, it’s like a computer virus, the doctors manage one but there seems to be a flicker of hope and other things emerge and they’re fighting that.
‘It has affected him from the top of his head to the tip of his toes.
She added: ‘He is now COVID-free, he has tested negative, the fight with the virus is over but it’s wreaked extraordinary damage on his body and we don’t know if he can recover from that.’
Brave: Kate spoke for the first time about Derek’s initial admission to hospital in March, revealing the last thing he said to her before he was put in a medically-induced coma, was ‘I love you, you saved my life’
Kate spoke for the first time about Derek’s initial admission to hospital in March, revealing the last thing he said to her before he was put in a medically-induced coma, was ‘I love you, you saved my life’.
She said: ‘In that first week it looked like he was rallying. But then he was very bad, he couldn’t really speak to me, he could shout things to me on speakerphone.
‘He was begging me, he said “I can’t take this, I feel like I’m suffocating”, he said “please let them put me in a coma” and they didn’t want to do that. On Sunday they said “we’re going to put him in a coma as overnight we think we have to do that.”‘
Struggling: The GMB presenter has talked about how her children – Darcey and Billy – are struggling while missing their father
‘He said: “I love you, I’m sorry I have to leave you, you’ve saved my life”. I think he thought I had asked the doctors to put in him in a coma. He said “being married to you, the children, you saved my life”.’
Derek has previously credited Kate for saving him from depression which started during his career as a political advisor and led to a nervous breakdown and a stint in The Priory in the late 1990s.
Kate and Derek have been married for 14 years, with the former lobbyist cheering his wife on for the duration of her stint on I’m A Celebrity last year.
They have two children – Darcey, 14, and Billy, 10.
Family: The television star admitted at times she feels paralysed with fear, but vows to stay strong for their two children (pictured with Darcey and Billy last month)
