Friday, April 24, 2020

Recovery From Coronavirus — Or Not

From the early days of getting stats about the Ripley, which I have dubbed COVID-19, I have been more concerned with the rate of recovery more than the mortality rate.  After all, at my age (68), awareness of one's own mortality is, or should be, a given.

I am particularly concerned about the definition of the word recovery.

Those of you who know my personal situation as caregiver of my husband, considered "recovered" by the doctors.  Mr. AOW is far from recovered by any normal definition of the word: we have had, since his major stroke of 2009 at the age of 59, a hospital bed and a bedside potty here in our living room.

This story, dated April 24, 2020, serves only to make my anxiety level rise....

Nick Cordero’s Wife Shares Health Update: ‘He Should’ve Woken Up By Now’

Nick Cordero, the Tony-Award winning actor who starred on Broadway’s Waitress and Rock of Ages, as well as the TV series Blue Bloods, has been suffering from complications related to coronavirus for nearly a month. While being in a medically induced coma, Cordero’s wife, Amanda Kloots, a former Radio City Rockette, has kept friends, family, and fans updated on his health throughout his extended battle with COVID-19.

Kloots, 38, has truly been a vision of strength and hope amid her husband’s dire medical situation. After he was admitted to the hospital on March 31, his condition quickly went from stable to worse. On April 11, Cordero needed to be resuscitated in the middle of the night, and doctors needed to put Cordero on an ECMO machine, which helps “support his heart and his lungs,” she explained.

After it seemed like Cordero, 41, was making progress, Cordero needed his right leg amputated. The surgery went well which revived Kloots spirit. On April 21, she said, “I’m actually, for the first time in a couple of days, feeling like things are slowly progressing. So I have a lot of hope and a lot of — I’m feeling like things are going in a good way.”

On April 23, Kloots shared another update on Cordero’s health. “We’re in a bit of a waiting game,” she said. “There’s nothing on the MRI that says he won’t wake up, which is great news. We are so happy about that. However, he hasn’t woken up and it’s been 12 days of sedation and the doctors do say he should’ve woken up by now.”...
Read the rest HERE.  And please note the photos, which include Cordero's beautiful wife and Cordero's cute son, who will turn one year old in June.

Nick Cordero is 41 years old.

Nick Cordero was a celebrity trainer specializing in jump rope.

What will Nick Cordero's recovery, if he does indeed live, look like?

7 comments:

Always On Watch said...

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Anonymous said...

AoW...after reading the entire post at the provided link, I searched the term "prosthetic leg, jump rope" and saw several posts showing it is possible.
Both Cordero, whose leg was amputated and his wife have been very fit. Cordero is likely to have a better chance at recovery which is different from a 'recovery' from a brain injury....unless the induced coma triggered a yet undisclosed or undiscovered brain injury as a result of the virus.

Always On Watch said...

Anonymous,
Thank you for your comment.

Induced coma for an extended period on a ventilator quite often leads to brain injury and/or personality changes.

Prosthetic legs are an excellent coping devices. But they are not easy to deal with. I know several with prosthetic limbs -- veterans. They are indeed grateful for those limbs, but they do require some special care and often the matter of overcoming pain due to rubbing.

My heart goes out to Cordero and to his wife.

Anonymous said...


I debated revisiting my earlier comment as I feared it came off as unintentionally flippant.
I just hope/pray that he does wake from this induced coma without subsequent brain injury. His wife and son will be there for him to meet the many challenges he/they face towards as full a recovery as possible.

Always On Watch said...

Anonymous,
I didn't interpret your comment as flippant.

Anonymous said...

Nick Cordero’s wife says COVID-19 seems to be ‘out of his system’ https://trib.al/umv8PH8
https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1253997459874942976

Always On Watch said...

Yea, Cordero is rid of the Ripley.

But he still hasn't awakened. And late yesterday a temporary pacemaker was inserted. I have to wonder if he's still not awake because of damage to his brainstem. Ventilators can cause that.