However, Cordero continued to deal with lingering issues in his lungs. Though doctors had been cleaning out Cordero's lungs daily, Kloots said that it was "not getting better."
During Cordero's hospitalization for coronavirus complications, the actor also suffered "two mini strokes" and "needed resuscitation," according to Kloots. "He had no pre-existing health conditions. We do not know how he got COVID-19 but he did," she wrote in an Instagram post on May 8. "This disease does not only effect old people. This is real. A perfectly healthy 41 year old man!"
In June, after 79 days of not being able to visit Cordero in the hospital due to coronavirus safety guidelines and visitor restrictions, Kloots was finally able to visit her husband at the L.A. hospital and shared a photo of them holdings hands at his bedside. That same month, Kloots told fans that although Cordero was unable to move or talk. "He can’t talk because of the ventilator and he can’t move because he’s so weak," she said. "But he’s awake and he’s in there. He can answer questions with yes or no with his eyes."
Cordero's muscles had begun to atrophy due to his lack of movement, resulting in a significant 65 lbs. weight loss, according to his wife.
On July 2, Cordero underwent a procedure to have his temporary pacemaker removed, according to Kloots. Then, the next day, Kloots got candid about the realities of her husband's condition while addressing some "negativity" she's been seeing on her social media, explaining that she has continued to focus on her business amid Cordero's hospitalization because she's unsure "if he'll be ever able to work again."
"My husband has been in the ICU for 91 days. We don't know if he'll make it. I hope and pray every single day of my life that he does. But, if he does make it, I don't know when he'll be able to work again," she said at the time. "I have a family. I have bills. I have no idea what Nick's hospital bills are going to be. I haven't even tried to wrap my head around that yet. I have a mortgage. I have a car payment. I have a son that is one years old that I want to send to college one day, or at least give him whatever I can."
The mother of one recently spoke about how her husband's fighting spirit. "They told me four times that he won't survive. Sometimes even he won't survive through the night, but he has," Kloots told CBS This Morning. "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."
In support of Cordero's family, a GoFundMe page was created to raise funds for his medical bills.
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