Coronation Street’s Jack Webster is going to have a heartbreaking reaction when he discovers his leg has been amputated.
Actor Michael Le Vell has revealed that his on-screen son Jack will lose his foot after contracting Sepsis, forcing dad Kevin to make the decision to save his life.
But when Jack wakes up, he doesn’t understand what has happened.
Michael said: “He doesn’t understand at first, he can still feel sensation in his leg when he wakes up and it’s really confusing for him.
“When he starts to realise the implications he cries and it breaks Kevin’s heart.”
As for Kevin, who has already lost one child, he is utterly bereft and struggling to hold it together himself.
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Michael said: “He’s heartbroken, he doesn’t know where to turn or who to talk to, he’s in his own little world and he feels lost.
“He still can’t understand the situation they’re in and how quickly it’s escalated.
“It’s a heartbreaking decision to be faced with, Kevin doesn’t want to be the one who decides on amputation, but Jack is so seriously ill he’s left with little choice.”
And Kevin is going to blame Sophie for the predicament.
He added: “There are a few days when he does lay a bit of the blame at Sophie, he can’t help thinking if he was there would he have spotted the signs.”
But he soon realises that he will just be fuelling Sophie’s own helplessness and rage.
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She slapped nurse Rana Nazir last week and is trying to sue the NHS for not spotting the Sepsis early enough.
And Kevin is disgusted by it.
Michael added: “Then when Sophie starts blaming the NHS and saying she’s going to sue them for initially missing the signs he goes mad.
“He asks Sophie why would you try and sue the people who are trying to save Jack’s life?”
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