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Susanna Reid pays tearful tribute to Kate Garraway and husband Derek Draper

Good Morning Britain hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid began the show on Monday with a touching message to Kate Garraway.

Her husband Derek Draper is currently in a coma after a tough battle with coronavirus, and Kate has revealed he "may never recover" from the damage the illness wreaked on his body.

Derek has been in a comatose state for the past ten weeks and may stay that way for a year or more, doctors have warned Kate.

Susanna said: "Before we begin, I think we both just want to send our love to our colleague and friend Kate Garraway.

"We both watched her interview on Good Morning Britain on Friday.

"Millions of you watched as well as she told you and us all about the situation about Derek.

"Absolutely heartbreaking for the family and then she did an interview in The Sun over the weekend, more details came out.

"So huge, huge love to Kate, she's going through hell, the family's going through hell. There is hope still, of course.

"And she said they were hoping for 'that miracle' - and we're all hoping with her. So huge love to Kate."

During her interview on Friday, Kate admitted: "Derek's situation is incredibly rare. The damage he’s sustained and we don't know the affect on his body and if he can recover and how he would recover.

"Some of the damage he’s got, he’s only one in five people they’ve seen with it."

Kate has also revealed that their 10-year-old son Billy has been sleeping beside his empty father's bed every night.

He had been building a Lego Death Star from Star Wars with his dad and is hoping there will be a time when he returns from hospital to continue their project.

The coronavirus pandemic has meant that the family have been unable to visit him but they have been using FaceTime to communicate with him, in the hopes that he can hear their voices.

* Good Morning Britain airs on weekdays on ITV at 6am

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