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Broadway veteran Nick Cordero has been in a coma in a Los Angeles hospital because of complications from coronavirus, which resulted in the amputation of his leg. Today, news of his recovery is the best yet...
Broadway veteran Nick Cordero has been in a coma in a Los Angeles hospital after surgeons amputated his right leg because of complications from the coronavirus. His wife, fellow Broadway veteran Amanda Kloots, reports great news on his recovery progress today: 'The doctor has confirmed that Nick is starting to follow commands. [It's a] huge deal! He is very weak still, so it is very slow progress when they ask him to do things, but you can see that he is trying,' she explains. 'The next big goals would be to move him off dialysis and off of ventilator help with his trach.'
Former Scrubs co-stars Zach Braff and Donald Faison spoke to Extra about about working together again. During their interview, Braff opened up about Broadway star Nick Cordero and his battle with coronavirus. Cordero and his wife, Amanda Kloots, had been staying in Braff's guest house in Los Angeles when Cordero fell ill.
His wife, fellow Broadway veteran Amanda Kloots, reports: 'The doctor just called and said that Nick is showing very, very early stages of tracking, which means that he is starting to wake up... which is huge. The doctor thinks this is a great sign that he is starting to wake up,' she says on Instagram. 'It's showing signs that there's some hope!'
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'He is in recovery today and things are going well. Numbers on the machines are coming down, which is great,' she says. 'His eyes are opening up, unfortunately they are not connected to anything... but small little steps!'
Amanda Kloots shared yesterday that Nick underwent a successful tracheostomy procedure. It was incorrectly reported that this means Nick is now able to breathe without the aid of a ventilator. However, Kloots clarified today on her Instagram story that, while this was a step in the right direction, Nick still requires assisted breathing.
Nick Cordero underwent a successful tracheostomy procedure this afternoon which allows the actor to breathe without the help of a ventilator.
His wife, fellow Broadway veteran Amanda Kloots, reported earlier this week that Nick was suffering from an infection in his lungs. Today she shared: 'Luckily, Nick's CT scans came back clear of internal bleeding, so that was a huge blessing. However, we learned that due to COVID, Nick's lungs are severely damaged,' she explains. 'There are holes in his lungs where you obviously don't want holes to be. I think the plan today is to do a scan with ink to light up his lungs and get a better picture of what's going on.'
'CBS This Morning' co-host Gayle King spoke to Broadway actor Nick Cordero's wife, fitness instructor Amanda Kloots, who says she is optimistic about his recovery.
Broadway star Nick Cordero has been hospitalized since late March and on a ventilator because of complications from COVID-19. 'CBS This Morning' co-host Gayle King spoke with Cordero's wife Amanda Kloots for her first in-depth interview about her husband, airing Thursday morning on CBS.
![Nick Cordero Battles Infection in His Lungs; Says Kloots: '[It] Came Out of Nowhere'](https://cloudimages2.broadwayworld.com/columnpiccloud/200-cf37900b59c254677417d0dc517af69e.jpg?format=auto)
'We had a bit of a rough day [Monday]. Nick ended up getting an infection in his lungs that went into his blood, so he went into a little bit of a septic shock. The cause of that was some infection in his lungs. They went in and cleaned out his lungs and gave him some blood pressure medication,' she says. 'This kinda came out of nowhere after two days of really great progress.' Doctors intend to keep Nick on antibiotics for the next seven days.
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His wife, fellow Broadway veteran Amanda Kloots, shared today on Instagram that doctors were unable to remove Nick's ventilator today as planned. 'Earlier this morning he got a fever, which caused his blood pressure to drop slightly. So he is back on a little bit of blood pressure medication,' she says. 'They are going to set aside the ventilator removal until they get [the fever] under control.'
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Stars of Waitress created a virtual cover of Nick Cordero's song, Live Your Life. Nick remains in a coma in a Los Angeles hospital after surgeons amputated his right leg because of complications from the coronavirus.
Amanda shared an update today on Instagram, noting that Nick is 'recovering well and doing really well with the pacemaker. His heart rate has been under control.'
UPDATE: 'It looks like he had some irregular heart beating last night that scared [the doctors] enough to want to do a temporary pacemaker in Nick's heart. His heart is functioning well, but he has had these dips in his heart rate for a little while now.'
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