KATE Garraway got a rare piece of good news about husband Derek Draper in tonight’s moving documentary.
The 54-year-old Good Morning Britain star secretly flew him to Mexico for a ground-breaking medical trial.
On ITV’s Kate Garraway: Caring For Derek she was told he would retain all his memories after jetting with him to South America.
The presenter is shown asking one doctor, after looking at her poorly husband’s brain scan: “Do we know if he still has the thoughts inside his head and it’s just they can’t come out?
“Or do we know if those thoughts are lost?”
The doctor replied: “No the connection between the thinking of ‘what do I want to say?’ with ‘I say it’ is slow, is disconnected. But the thoughts are not lost.”
Kate, replied, with tears in her eyes: “The thoughts are not lost. OK. That is amazing to hear.
“That is really amazing to hear, it makes me feel quite emotional. So he’s still in there, we just have to get him out.”
Derek, a former spin doctor, was struck down with coronavirus in March 2020 and put into an induced coma by doctors.
He then spent 374 days in hospital and now requires such constant care that Kate revealed he would die if was left unaided for three days.
Many viewers of Kate Garraway: Caring For Derek were left sobbing from the start of the “inspirational” film that the let cameras into the lives of a family striving to maintain a normal life.
Derek was shown celebrating his birthday with children Darcey and William in a moving new ITV documentary.
He was heard reading one card in barely a whisper: “To the greatest father in the world. Happy birthday, love you so much. I’m so proud of you.”
And as he broke down and sobbed so did many ITV viewers watching at home.
One fan tweeted Kate to say: “Only ten minutes in and I’m in pieces. Your children are beautiful and your eloquent care is inspiring. Derek is truly extraordinary x.”
Another told her: “You and your family are amazing , an emotional watch kate 
Derek is a miracle
.”
