Canadian singer-actor Nick Cordero is fighting for his life in a California hospital.
The 41-year-old Ontario native was admitted to a Los Angeles area hospital earlier this month with suspected COVID-19 symptoms.
His wife Amanda Kloots said Saturday that Cordero developed an infection in a lung that caused his fever to spike and his blood pressure to drop. She said doctors had to resuscitate him.
Kloots said Cordero is now on an ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine to support his heart and lungs and dialysis for his kidneys. He underwent emergency surgery to restore blood flow to his right leg.
“He is alive,” said Kloots in an Instagram Story. “He is still in very critical condition. He is struggling … every minute counts right now.”
In an Instagram post, Kloots said her husband is “fighting for his life right now.”
Cordero dropped out of Toronto's Ryerson University to join rock-soul band LoveMethod. He starred in Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding in Toronto and worked in shows onboard cruise ships before finding work on the stages of New York City. Cordero starred in Rock of Ages on Broadway as well as Waitress and A Bronx Tale. He earned a Tony Award nomination in 2014 for playing Cheech in Bullets Over Broadway.