As her husband Nick Cordero continues his fight against the ravages of COVID-19, Amanda Kloots has a lot on her plate.
After spending another day by his bedside at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, the actress gave her followers another update on his condition, and also revealed she plans to refinance their LA home to pay for medical bills.
Posting a to-do list of 10 tasks to Instagram, Amanda, 38, wrote about taking on the roles of wife, mom, business owner and home decorator before getting to number seven which read, ‘Refinance our mortgage on our new home, pay bills etc.’
Amanda Kloots gave another update on husband Nick’s condition on Thursday and revealed she plans to refinance their house to pay bills
Nick, 41, is currently spending his fourth month in ICU, with Friday marking his 92nd day in hospital.
Before Nick got sick in March, the couple, who are parents to son Elvis, one, had recently moved from New York to Los Angeles so that the Broadway actor could star in Rock of Ages Hollywood.
A GoFundMe set up in April by Amanda’s friends has already reached $593,573 to help with medical costs which at the time ‘had already started coming in’ according to the description on the fundraising page.
If Nick makes it through he will need extensive rehab after having his right leg amputated due to COVID-19 complications causing blood clots.
Plans on hold: Before Nick got sick in March, the family had recently moved from New York to Los Angeles so that the Broadway actor could star in Rock of Ages Hollywood
Lots to do: Amanda posted this on Thursday revealing she plans to refinance their new LA home to pay bills
Staying strong: Amanda, 38, is pictured outside their LA home with baby Elvis, one
On Thursday Amanda said things felt ‘gloomy’ when she went to visit her husband that day but she put music on, started singing and reading him some of the mail they receive from around the world.
‘He came down from blood pressure medication today, so we’re doing slightly better’ she explained in an Instagram video clip.
On Wednesday she revealed doctor’s removed Nick’s pacemaker which was placed in his chest earlier in his health battle to keep his heart rate stable.
A GoFundMe set up in April by Amanda’s friends has already reached $593,573 to help with medical costs which at the time ‘had already started coming in’
Be strong: Amanda was finally able to be by her husband’s side last month. He has been in the ICU for 92 days as of July 3
‘He hasn’t been pacing so they feel confident that this will be OK,’ Amanda told her social media followers. ‘It’s also good to remove lines and if his heart is doing OK that’s great news.’
In an interview with Gayle King on CBS This Morning, Amanda said that the ‘ultimate goal’ is for Nick, 41, to have a double lung transplant to live the life he ‘would want’ but warned that a ‘lot of things would have to line up’ for him to be a candidate for that.
The Tony-nominated actor has already had his leg amputated due to his health battle against the virus, although he is no longer in a coma and has now tested negative to COVID-19.
Update: Amanda says husband Nick will likely need a double lung transplant to live the life ‘he would want’ in emotional Gayle King interview on Thursday
Yet, he still remains in a critical condition and Amanda gives daily, heartbreaking updates on her husband.
In an emotionally frank interview on Thursday, Gayle asked Amanda about whether or not having a lung transplant was definitely an option.
‘We think that that is most likely the possibility,’ she replied. ‘A 99% chance that he would be needing that in order to live the kind of life that I know my husband would want to live.’
Tough questions: Gayle King asked Amanda if doctors had told her to let Nick go
Happier times: Amanda has shared many family pictures of herself and Nick on her Instagram page
Hopeful: Amanda has said that it’s not up to her to ‘let Nick go’ saying she will leave that up to God
Father: The couple share a baby son Elvis pictured above with his daddy
‘That is a long road away and a lot of things would have to line up in order for Nick to be a candidate for that.’
Gayle then asked: ‘I was wondering, Amanda, if you’ve ever gone there… have doctors told you, “Amanda, it’s time to let him go?” Have they ever said that to you?
Kloots responded: ‘They told me four times that he won’t survive. Sometimes even he won’t survive through the night, but he has. He has…. I believe, Gayle, that God is the only person that’s going to decide when and if my husband goes.’
Nightmare: Amanda’s Broadway star hubby has been battling a long list of complications after coming down with COVID
‘So I will never try to play that role… He’s fighting. I see it every day. Nick’s doctor sees it. And as long as he’s in there and fighting, I’ll continue to fight with him. … I tell him every day before I leave, I say, “Okay, here’s what you have to focus on. The two of us sitting in our new house,… Elvis is in bed and we’re listening to ‘Our House’ in our, you know, home in Laurel Canyon.”
Nick was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with pneumonia in March and has been in intensive care ever since.
Doctors had to amputate his right leg due to complications from the coronavirus and the Rock of Ages and Waitress star has lots 65lbs and suffered major lung damage during his hospitalization.
Amanda and Nick married in September 2017 and their son Elvis was born on June 10, 2019.
Long haul: Cordero was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with pneumonia in March and has been in intensive care ever since