By Amir Vera, CNN
(CNN) — Broadway actor Nick Cordero is recovering after having his right leg amputated, the result of COVID-19 complications, his wife said.
Amanda Kloots and Nick Cordero at an event August 27, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Beyond Yoga)
The Tony Award-nominated star has been battling coronavirus for almost three weeks. His wife, Amanda Kloots, has shared updates on his health on her Instagram.
He is hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He had been living in Los Angeles with his family while performing in “Rock of Ages” in Hollywood.
On Saturday, Cordero’s 18th day in the intensive care unit, blood clots in his right leg were inhibiting circulation. The blood thinners he was given for the clotting issues were affecting his blood pressure and causing bleeding in his intestines, Kloots said. That led to the decision to amputate the leg.
Later Saturday, Kloots shared an update that his surgery had gone well.
“He made it through the surgery, which is really big because obviously his body is pretty weak,” Kloots said. “Hopefully he’ll just kind of relax and rest.”
Cordero, 41, made his Broadway debut in 2012 in “Rock of Ages.” Two years later, he received a Tony nomination for originating the role of Cheech in “Bullets Over Broadway,” the jukebox musical based on the 1994 Woody Allen movie. He was also the original Earl in the New York run of “Waitress.”
Their friends have started a GoFundMe campaign to help them pay for hospital bills and make their home wheelchair-accessible, Kloots said.
Kloots, a former Radio City Rockette, met Cordero while she was in the ensemble of “Bullets Over Broadway.” They married in 2017 and have a 9-month-old son, Elvis.
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