Saturday, June 6, 2020

Coronation Street spoilers: Toyah Battersby’s terror for Leanne as Oliver gets worse

Leanne Tilsley in Coronation Street
(Picture: ITV)

Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) has been in turmoil since her son Oliver was diagnosed with life shortening condition mitochondrial disease in Coronation Street – but she remains more determined than ever to try and find a way to save her child.

While Steve (Simon Gregson) and Nick (Ben Price) do their best to support her, Leanne remains in denial over the situation and swears that there is a way through this.

But she is broken as she watches a video of Oliver playing with his building blocks, noting to Toyah (Georgia Taylor) that he used to be able to build entire towers but he is now regressing.

As Leanne stands by vow to get through this with Oliver and do whatever it takes, Toyah worries that she needs to accept the reality of the situation – but also knows if she does, it could break her forever.

Jane said of the storyline: ‘I know what’s coming up – there are massive stories come out of this that I’m less a part of. It’s structured so well.

‘It’s so hard to watch but we can’t push it too long as it’s a lot to take in – we were right in the middle when we finished so I am looking forward to exploring the journey further. I want to get our heads down and get on with it.

What is mitochondrial disease?

Mitochondrial diseases result from failures of the mitochondria, specialized compartments present in every cell of the body (except red blood cells).

Mitochondria are responsible for creating more than 90% of the energy needed by the body to sustain life and support organ function. When they fail, less and less energy is generated within the cell. Cell injury and even cell death follow. If this process is repeated throughout the body, whole organ systems begin to fail.

The parts of the body, such as the heart, brain, muscles and lungs, requiring the greatest amounts of energy are the most affected.

Symptoms vary depending on the organ(s) affected but may include seizures, atypical cerebral palsy, autistic features, developmental problems, fainting and temperature instability.

According to The Lily Foundation, the prognosis depends upon the severity of the disease and other criteria. As more research funds are raised to find more effective treatments and ultimately a cure, some of the affected children and adults are living fairly normal lives with mitochondrial disease.

In other cases, children may not be able to see, hear, talk or walk. Affected children may not survive beyond their teenage years. Adult onset can result in drastic changes from an active lifestyle to a debilitating ilness is a short amount of time.

Treatment plans vary from patient to patient but involve therapies, diet changes and other means to try and slow the progress of the disease.

You can find out more information from the NHS here.

‘Toyah becomes a huge part of this – and this opens up another big story for her which will be well explored. It is a massive involvement – which is great.’

With Jane warning that this will change her character forever, it seems like there can only be worse things to come.

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