Coronation Street fans were in tears this evening after a doctor told Leanne Battersby and Steve McDonald that their son Oliver had been left severely brain-damaged.
The consultant also suggested that, due to the fact that he could no longer breathe unaided, they should begin talking about switching off the little boy's life support machine.
Leanne and Steve had been full of hope this evening as a specialist had been drafted in from another hospital to give a second opinion.
But the second opinion was not what they had been hoping for - despite Nick's research online suggesting that a hospital in Germany could treat Oliver.
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