Canadian actor Nick Cordero, who appeared on Broadway in 2014, had to get his right leg amputated due to complications from coronavirus, according to his wife Amanda Kloots.
As of Saturday, Cordero had been sedated in the intensive care unit for 18 days.
Kloots, who is a former Broadway dancer, took to her Instagram account to break the news. She said, “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.”
She explained Cordero was on blood thinners for the clotting, but it caused a few “other issues” and he was taken off the medication.
“So, we took him off the blood thinners, but that, again, was going to cause some clotting in the right leg,” she said. “So, the right leg will be amputated today.”
Kloots, who is now a celebrity trainer, provided another update on Saturday night. She said on Instagram, “He made it through the surgery, which is really big because obviously his body is pretty weak. Good news.”
On April 1, Kloots wrote on Instagram that Cordero was sick. They were told he had pneumonia but he was later tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
Cordero has been undergoing treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in LA, according to CBS.
The couple’s friends started a GoFundMe page to raise money for hospital bills that have already crossed $292,000.
Cordero and Kloots, who share a 10-month old son, Elvis, recently moved from NYC to LA so Cordero could perform in the musical “Rock of Ages,” according to the GoFundMe page.
He starred in the musical adaptation of Woody Allen’s film “Bullets Over Broadway” in 2014, earning him a Tony nomination. Cordero also appeared on Broadway in “Rock of Ages,” “Waitress,” and “A Bronx Tale: The Musical.”
