Coronation Street's David Platt is in for a difficult New Year as his wife Shona remains in hospital following the dramatic Christmas Day shooting.
After being caught in the crossfire of Gary Windass' feud with Derek Milligan on Christmas Day, David was warned by doctors that Shona may never make a full recovery from her gunshot wound.
Although she was awake and talking to the Platts after seemingly-successful surgery in Boxing Day's episode, Shona was suddenly rushed into theatre when her condition deteriorated.
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With the news that Shona's brain had been temporarily starved of oxygen after complications during surgery, David is forced to confront the possibility of never speaking to his wife again.
In upcoming scenes in the New Year, a distraught David takes brother Nick's advice and asks Shona's friends to come and visit her in the hospital before doctors remove her breathing tube, as her loved ones prepare for the worst.
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As Billy, Eileen, Roy, Audrey, Sarah and Gail rush to Shona's bedside, doctors take the decision to remove her breathing apparatus.
Will Shona defy the odds, or is David set to face the ultimate heartbreak once more?
Coronation Street airs these scenes in an hour-long episode on Monday, January 6 at 7.30pm on ITV.
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