Broadway star who lost leg due to coronavirus awake after coma

Nick Cordero, the Broadway star whose right leg was amputated following coronavirus-related complications, is awake after a medically induced coma, his wife announced. 

“He is awake. … We did it,” Cordero’s wife, Amanda Kloots, announced on Instagram on Tuesday while holding Cordero’s 10-month-old son, Elvis. 

She emphasized that the Tony-nominated actor is still in frail condition.

Kloots said “we are on the road to recovery,” adding that it is a “very long road.”

“Even closing his eyes, takes it out of him. They’re waiting for him to regain strength. Of course, time and recovery will help with that and then eventually [physical therapy] will help him get stronger,” she said. “But he’s a true superhero.”

Cordero has been hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles since March 30.