Coronation Street actress Jane Danson has admitted that she feared she was being sacked after hearing about Oliver's tragic storyline.
The soap star's character Leanne Battersby has been left devastated after hearing that three-year-old son Oliver has mitochondrial disease.
The disease is a result of failures of the mitochondria, which are specialised compartments present in every cell in the body apart from blood cells.
However, Jane initially believed it would act as a "leaving story" for Leanne. Yet Corrie boss Iain told Jane that it would actually spell a "new chapter" for Leanne.
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