The 'Bullets Over Broadway' actor is coming off the extracorporeal life support which has been helping to keep him alive when his condition was deteriorating.
- Apr 17, 2020
AceShowbiz - Tony Award-nominated Broadway star Nick Cordero's condition is improving as doctors prepare to wean him off the ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine which has been helping keep him alive.
The Canadian actor, who starred in "Bullets Over Broadway" in 2014 and last year's hit musical "Waitress", was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after contracting what was initially believed to be pneumonia earlier this year 2020.
While he tested negative for COVID-19, his condition has continued to worsen and, over the weekend, he was moved to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where he then lost consciousness and his pulse, leading doctors to have to resuscitate him.
The star is currently on an ECMO machine to help support his lungs and heart, dialysis to help with his kidneys, and a ventilator, and on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 morning his wife, Amanda Kloots, told fans he was responding well to the treatment.
"Update on Nick: His blood pressure is better! Dialysis is working. They've been able to drain fluids to help inflammation," she wrote on her Instagram Stories. "We need him to wake up. They need to see him follow commands. Also his right foot is not showing a pulse but the wound looks better. Breathing is a bit fast this morning."
Later in the day, Amanda returned to Instagram for a video update, telling followers, "I'm just going to share some really, really good news that we just got about Nick. His heart and lungs are getting stronger."
"They're weaning him off the ECMO machine in hopes that tomorrow morning, he will be able to have surgery to take the ECMO machine out," she enthused. "This would mean that his heart and lungs would be running on their own. Big win! We still need him to wake up and we're gonna keep pushing for that, and singing and dancing. Guys, it's a small win in the right direction for our Nick."
In a bid to send positive energy their way, Amanda has been encouraging friends, family, and fans to dance and sing to show their support for Nick every day at 6 P.M. EST, with actress Florence Pugh among the many who have busted a move Nick's favourite Elvis Presley song "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do".
