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“Waitress” actor Nick Cordero will have his right leg amputated as he fights for his life against the coronavirus, his wife said. The 41-year-old Cordero — who is on a ventilator — needs the surgery to fix a blood flow issue, spouse Amanda Kloots said Saturday via an Instagram Stories post. “We got some difficult …
“Waitress” actor Nick Cordero will have his right leg amputated as he fights for his life against the coronavirus, his wife said.
The 41-year-old Cordero — who is on a ventilator — needs the surgery to fix a blood flow issue, spouse Amanda Kloots said Saturday via an Instagram Stories post.
“We got some difficult news yesterday. Basically we’ve had issues in his right leg with clotting and getting blood down to his toes and it just isn’t happening with surgery and everything. So they had him on blood thinners for the clotting,” Kloots said.
“Unfortunately, the blood thinners were causing some other issues — blood pressure and some internal bleeding in his intestines. So we took him off the blood thinners. But that again was going to cause some clotting in the right leg, so the right leg will be amputated today.”
Cordero, a Tony Award nominee, has been sedated for 18 days and is currently in the ICU at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in California to battle against COVID-19.
Kloots had announced Thursday that her husband may not walk again.
Kloots, a former Broadway dancer and Radio City Rockette, has asked friends and fans to participate in daily “dance parties” while playing her husband’s song “Live Your Life” and using the hashtag #wakeupnick on social media, BroadwayWorld.com reported.
Tony-winning producer Alex Boniello announced a GoFundMe drive for Cordero on Twitter.
“Our friend Nick Cordero is currently in yet another emergency surgery related to his fight against COVID19. Let’s support him, his wife, and their lovely son,” Boniello wrote.
