Who is Nick Cordero and how is he doing after his coronavirus battle?
BROADWAY star Nick Cordero contracted coronavirus on March 20 of this year according to his wife Amanda Kloots.
The Tony Award-nominated actor for Bullets over Broadway has been in the ICU since late March, with his other half keeping fans updated on his progress.
Earlier this year in May, Amanda tearfully revealed that Nick’s condition was “going a little downhill.”
Who is Nick Cordero?
Nick Cordero is a Canadian Broadway actor.
The 41-year-old has performed in the likes of A Bronx Tale The Musical, Waitress, and Rock of Ages.
He has collected several accolades for his theatre work over the years from the Outer Critics Circle and the Theatre World Awards.
When did he get coronavirus?
Nick caught coronavirus earlier in March this year and has faced a series of ups and downs since he contracted the virus.
He was hospitalized in ICU after doctors first misdiagnosed him with pneumonia.
Nick has suffered a variety of complications as a result of COVID-19.
Doctors were not only forced to amputate his right leg because of blood clots, but the Broadway star has also had to undergo stem cell treatment to strengthen his lungs.
Nick’s wife Amanda, who is single-handedly raising their one-year-old son Elvis while Nick is ill, regularly takes to Instagram to update fans on his condition.
In May, Amanda tearfully shared that Nick’s condition was worsening.
“Nick has had a bad morning. Unfortunately, things are going a little downhill at the moment,” she shared.
She added “I know that this virus is not going to get him down.
“This is not how his story ends. So just keep us in your thoughts and prayers, thank you.”
A week beforehand, she announced that Nick was finally conscious after a month-long coma.
“This infection that is leftover from when he went into septic shock the last time is still in his lungs and just kind of sitting there. They are doing everything they can to clean it out every day but it’s just not getting better.”
The mom-of-one also told fans doctors could “lower his vent settings” once the infection goes away.
That will begin the process of trying to get “him breathing on his own.”
She added: “They are cleaning him out every day and he’s on antibiotics, so it can happen and it’s gonna happen because like I’ve said from the beginning, the doctor told me from the beginning, if we have a positive attitude, there are options.
“This infection is gonna go away and he is gonna get off that ventilator. And that’s the only mindset that I have right now.”
“Nick is fighting for his life every day in that ICU and I know he isn’t giving up. We’re not giving up. Nobody is giving up.
How is he doing now?
Amanda, 38, recently updated fans that husband Nick had a “great day” after visiting the actor at Cedars-Sinai hospital in LA on Sunday.
She told her Instagram followers: “He was having such a great day.
“He was more alert than I’ve seen him in a while and he was really following [with] his eyes a lot.”
Amanda also revealed the sweet “little tradition” she has during her hospital visits to see Nick – playing and singing along to seventies track Our House by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
She added: “I say a big prayer, hold his hand and give him a kiss and tell him we will live together in our house one day and keep fighting and it’s going to happen.”
Nick has spent a total of 82 days in ICU since he was infected with the coronavirus.
Nick’s good day comes as a morale boost after Amanda revealed that a CT scan on his lungs confirmed that he would not survive a lung transplant.
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“You feel like sometimes there’s lots of hope and then sometimes there’s not as much hope. We’re basically trying to see if we can get him stable and strong enough to have more options,” she said.
“It’s monotonous and hard on a daily basis – very, very hard.”