Coronation Street’s Summer Spellman has a horror week in store as her diabetes diagnosis results in her being rushed to hospital after abusing insulin.
Summer, played by Harriet Bibby, makes a risky decision in upcoming Coronation Street episodes as she decides to stop taking her insulin.
The teen has been struggling with a diabetes diagnosis and an eating disorder, but is trying to recover after Billy’s (Daniel Brocklebank) discovery she had been secretly purging.
Summer has been continuing to struggle with her body image, as well as her diabetes, and has been feeling increasingly low, particularly after being left upset by her new love interest, Aaron Sandford, who she met at a diabetes support group.
Next week on the ITV soap, it’s clear Summer is feeling the pressure and letting the stress get to her ahead of her university exams.
When Summer's guardian Billy confronts her and accuses her of failing to take her medication regularly, Summer flies off the handle and storms out.
The next day, after she has polished off two bags of crisps, Summer throws her insulin down the sink in a risky move.
When Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) returns home with a takeaway, Summer assures him that she has taken her insulin as necessary – but is alarmed to realise her blood sugar levels have spiked and starts to panic.
A little while later, Summer calms down when she realises her levels have returned to normal.
Later in the week, Summer sets off to take her maths exam, having secretly tipped her insulin down the sink.
As the clock starts on her paper, Summer’s vision becomes blurred.
As she rushes to get her diabetes kit, she is horrified to realise that she's left her medical supplies at home.
As Summer is loaded into an ambulance, she tearfully explains to Aadi (Adam Hussain) that her blood sugar level is sky high.
Will she be okay? And will she tell anyone that she hasn’t been taking her insulin?
After Summer's diabetes diagnosis was revealed last summer, actress Harriet said her character Summer could struggle with adjusting to the condition.
She said: “I don't think as a teenager she likes being told what to do. You have to stay on top of your medication because otherwise it can have domino effects on your health.
“So yeah, I think we see a little bit of that teenage rebellion and difficulty with coming to terms with having to maintain doing your medication and things like that.”
