Broadway star Nick Cordero will undergo a procedure to have his right leg amputated due to complications from the coronavirus.
According to ABC 7 New York, the Tony-nominated actor’s wife, Amanda Kloots made the announcement on her Instagram page early Saturday. She said her husband was admitted to the hospital late March after believing he was dealing with pneumonia. Cordero tested positive for COVID-19 and was put under a medically-induced coma to control his breathing. He was given blood thinners to help lessen the clotting in his right leg but it started to affect his blood pressure, leading up to the amputation.
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“We took him off the blood thinners, but that again was going to cause the clotting in the right leg. So the right leg will be amputated today.”
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Kloots said in an interview with “Good Morning America” that Cordero experienced fatigue and fainted while trying to care for their infant son:
“The tipping point happened one morning. We were eating breakfast and I asked Nick to go change Elvis’ diaper and I heard a huge thump. I ran into the bedroom and he had fainted.”
Codero,41, is known for his starring role on the hit Broadway show “Bullets Over Broadway”