Nick Cordero’s wife Amanda Kloots shares ‘waiting game’ as he ‘should have woken up by now’

Nick Cordero’s wife Amanda Kloots revealed she is ‘in a bit of a waiting game’ as her husband ‘should have woken up by now’ after having his leg amputated Saturday.

The Broadway star has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for over three weeks and Amanda, 38, revealed he had the leg removed after ‘blood flow issues’ there.

However she assured well-wishers that ‘there was nothing on the MRI that would show that he won’t wake up, which is amazing news.’

She added: ‘We are so happy about that, because that was a big worry for all of us. So great news on that. However, he hasn’t woken up and it’s been 12 days out of sedation. Today’s the 12th day.’

Amanda shared: ‘So, and the doctors do think that he should have woken up by now. However, they are saying that he was heavily sedated for 13 days before that.

She continued: ‘So we are just, you know, hoping and praying everyday that Nick wakes up, and putting that energy and positivity out there because I do believe he will. He’s on Nick time and when he wakes up we will all be here to celebrate it.’

Amanda went on: ‘In the meantime what the doctors are thinking about doing is slowly trying to get him off the ventilator, which would be awesome, and maybe put in a trache to help him be more comfortable, which would be great, and they are slowly reducing his medications and the machines he’s on.’

The fitness trainer shared: ‘So he’s completely off blood pressure medicine, which is great, and they are also trying to reduce the dialysis assistance, which is great. So as we are waiting for him to wake up, while he is still sleeping, they are slowly weaning his body off of assistance, which is just great, great news. Small little wins.’ 

A day after the amputation Amanda shared an Instagram video of herself and Nick dancing at their wedding and insisted ‘we WILL dance again!’

The pair twirled around the floor to Harry Connick, Jr.’s recording of It Had To Be You, with choreography by their pals Clyde Alves and Roby Hurder. 

‘I love dancing with you @nickcordero and we WILL dance again!’ wrote Amanda with the video, in which her husband’s Broadway training was on full display.

Amanda seemed close to tears with relief when she announced on her Insta Stories this Saturday that Nick survived the amputation.

She shared that ‘I just got a call from the surgeon – he made it through the surgery, which is really big because obviously his body is pretty weak. So he made it through the surgery and they’re taking him back to the room to recover and rest for the rest of the night so hopefully he’ll just kind of relax and rest. But good news!’

On Sunday she told well-wishers that ‘I just heard from the doctor and he’s doing good, guys. For Nick he’s doing the best that he possibly can right now, which is a huge hallelujah. Surgery went well. He’s recovering well after surgery. The wound looks okay. He didn’t lose a lot of blood. His blood pressure is okay. His heart is okay.’

She added: ‘His even, his internal bleeding has kind of calmed down. So everything seems to be kind of like calmed down, which is so great ’cause this has been such a roller coaster. My brother said the other day he was like: “This Nick is really putting us on a roller coaster,” and he is,’ she said with a weak chuckle.

‘Mental status is still super important and we’re still rooting for him to wake up,’ added Amanda, who has been giving regular updates on her husband’s health.

The couple’s friends Aimee Song, Jacey Duprie and Erin Silver started a GoFundMe for them this Saturday and donations have flooded in.

By 2pm PST on Sunday the fundraiser had raked in more than $299,000 of its $350,000 goal to help the couple with their expenses.

On Saturday as donations poured in Amanda appeared on her Insta Stories and fought back tears while thanking everyone for their generosity.

‘It’s just overwhelming. I really thank you so much. We have a new home that we’re renovating right now, so there’s gonna be some changes that need to be made and that is gonna really help us,’ she said.

”And there’s medical bills and you know what, we’re gonna get Nick the best rehab that we possibly can now for his leg.’

She marveled that ‘right now this is like a time where people don’t even have their jobs and you’re donating 10, 20 dollars, like I just like, that’s blowing me away.’

She revealed this Saturday that the Tony-nominated actor was having a leg amputated amid his fight with COVID-19. 

On Saturday she posted her latest message to well-wishers on her Insta Stories and informed them that ‘the right leg will be amputated today.’

‘So we are on day 18 of Nick being sedated in the ICU. It is April 18. We got some difficult news yesterday,’ she began.

‘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,’ Amanda shared.

‘So they had him on blood thinners for the clotting and unfortunately the blood thinners were causing some other issues – blood pressure and some internal bleeding in his intestines,’ she said.

‘So we took him off the blood thinners but that again was gonna cause some clotting in the right leg, so the right leg will be amputated today.’

As the day wore on she shared ‘A PLEAD…’ on her Insta Stories, writing: ‘I KNOW THIS ISN’T POSSIBLE BUT TODAY IS MIRACLE DAY SO WHY NOT ASK?’

The fitness trainer wrote: ‘I just wish I could see him. Hold his hand. Touch his face. I do believe this would help him WAKE UP!’

Amanda’s latest update comes just two days after she revealed that her husband may never walk again.

She took to her Instagram Story on Thursday as she said Nick had surgery to remove the ECMO machine that he was on and it went well.

She explained: ‘The doctor said for Nick’s heart and lungs right now they’re in the best condition that they could be. The fact that he’s off (the ECMO machine) is great.’

However it wasn’t all great news as she said: ‘His right leg is still an issue. here has been some blood flow issues coming down to his foot.’

There could be a long road of recovery ahead for the Broadway actor.

Kloots said: ‘We don’t know if he’ll be able to walk again. We don’t know if he can walk again — what that’ll look like.

‘I think that there will definitely be a lot of rehab and definitely physio in order for that leg to get working again. But the good news is that blood is finally running down to his toes.’

 Just a day prior, Kloots had ‘really, really good news,’ the fitness trainer said Nick’s ‘heart and lungs are getting stronger.’

The turn for the better comes after Nick had to be resuscitated on Saturday after undergoing emergency surgery to alleviate a blockage of blood flow to his leg.  

‘They’re weaning him off the ECMO machine,’ continued Amanda, referring to the apparatus which helps support the heart and lungs. 

She then said that if all went according to plan, doctors would be able to remove the ECMO machine on Thursday, allowing Nick’s heart and lungs to operate on their own.

‘Big win,’ exclaimed the mother-of-one. 

However, ‘we still need him to wake up,’ continued Amanda, imploring fans to sing and dance for Nick at 3pm PST.

The viral movement even swept up model Devon Windsor, who posted a video of her performance in honor of Nick on Tuesday. 

Kloots teared up on Monday while sharing an update on her husband of two years, Tony nominee Nick, who’s battling COVID-19 at the ICU in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

‘He’s doing okay guys. He’s fighting,’ the 38-year-old fitness trainer said via Instastory from their Laurel Canyon home.

‘FaceTiming him has been wonderful, for me at least. Me and his mom have gotten to FaceTime him now a couple times. It’s very special and I can see him fighting [while unconscious]. Today is a big day and we really need some heart and lung strength to come through…so keep sending up those prayers, guys.’ 

Amanda then recalled a romantic story from when they started dating in 2014 about how the Canadian 41-year-old secretly mastered jumping rope in her honor while he was visiting his sick father in Ontario.

‘He told me, “When I was taking care of my dad, I would go to the gym every morning and I taught myself to jump rope so I could win you back,”‘ Kloots smiled.

‘I love this story, obviously because it’s about jumping rope, but just a cute story to give you a little insight into what a special guy he is and who he is and the kind of heart he has.’

Nick is on a ventilator, a dialysis machine, and he had to be resuscitated on Saturday after undergoing emergency surgery to alleviate a blockage of blood flow to his leg. 

‘I got to FaceTime with him today it was the first time I’d seen him since dropping him off at the ER 12 days ago,’ The Irishman dancer revealed on Sunday.

‘I told him he had to fight. I told him he is strong and can do this…The doctors are still concerned about his right leg and we need him to start making small responses off sedation. These are the next two goals that need to happen.’

Amanda and Cordero – who are parents to 10-month-old son Elvis – originally met while performing in the musical Bullets Over Broadway together at the St. James Theatre in Manhattan.

Kloots has urged her 98K Instagram followers to ‘keep playing and dancing’ to Elvis Presley’s 1957 song Got a Lot o’ Livin’ to Do in honor of the Mob Town star. 

Oscar nominee Florence Pugh took note and shared a video on Monday of herself dancing up a storm to Got a Lot o’ Livin’ to Do and asking her 1.4M followers to do the same.

‘I was wondering if I could ask a huge, huge favor of you all,’ the British 24-year-old said via Instastory.

‘Our good friends Nick Cordero and Amanda Kloots are suffering at the moment. Nick has been battling coronavirus for the past two weeks and he’s been in critical condition for the past week and he’s in hospital every day fighting for his life. And it’s really f***ing scary.’

The Ohio native – who used to be a Radio City Rockette – has launched a $9.99/month subscription service for her workout videos via her website as a way to make money.