KATE Garraway has described being struck by a "white ball of shock" when she first saw "unrecognisable" Derek Draper in hospital during his coronavirus battle.
Her husband's appearance had drastically changed after months of being on a ventilator and in a form of coma. As well as his lungs, heart, kidneys, liver and pancreas being ravaged by the virus, Derek had lost eight stone leaving his body half its size.
The 53-year-old Good Morning Britain star explained: "Even now it remains hard to describe how I felt when I saw him. It was like a white ball of shock so bright you want to put your hand up to your eyes to protect them. "My husband was unrecognisable.
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