Coronation Street. Beckie Hilling's daughter Kiya was diagnosed with the same incurable condition as the ITV soap's Oliver Battersby.The three-year-old Corrie character was diagnosed with mitochondrial disease, leaving on-screen parents Leanne Battersby and Steve McDonald devastated at the prospect of their son not having a long, fulfilled life.And the on-screen horror is real life for Beckie, 45, and her family as nine-year-old Kiya was given the same diagnosis.Just a year ago, Beckie says her daughter was winning the skipping race at school sports day and loved nothing more than horse riding and rollercoasters.But frequent headaches - which were the first symptoms - sparked concern and the schoolgirl was recently diagnosed with the rare.
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