{"id":292132,"date":"2020-05-08T10:06:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T16:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1149732"},"modified":"2020-05-08T10:06:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T16:06:30","slug":"amanda-kloots-pens-heartbreaking-open-letter-to-nick-cordero-amid-his-health-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/amanda-kloots-pens-heartbreaking-open-letter-to-nick-cordero-amid-his-health-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Kloots Pens Heartbreaking Open Letter to Nick Cordero Amid His Health Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"36.801627670397\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/202045\/rs_634x1024-200505155453-634-amanda-kloots-nick-cordero.ct.050520.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Amanda Kloots, Nick Cordero\" alt=\"Amanda Kloots, Nick Cordero\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Amanda Kloots\/Instagram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"15.482794577685\">\n<p><strong>Amanda Kloots<\/strong> took to Instagram on Thursday to pen an open letter to her husband <strong>Nick Cordero<\/strong> amid his health battle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dear Nick, I miss you so much,&#8221; she wrote alongside a photo of the Broadway star holding their son <strong>Elvis<\/strong>. &#8220;Sometimes this whole thing doesn&#8217;t even feel real. Sometimes it feels like you are just away doing a job and you&#8217;re going to walk through the door at any moment. I miss my hubby. I miss holding your hand. I miss your gnocchi dinners. I miss watching tv with you at night and always falling asleep on your lap in five minutes. I miss laughing with you. I miss seeing you with Elvis. I can&#8217;t wait to have you home.&nbsp;#day37.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cordero is in a medically induced coma. The&nbsp;Tony&nbsp;nominee was first hospitalized at the end of March. He was initially diagnosed with pneumonia and tested negative for coronavirus twice. He was then given a third test for COVID-19, which came back positive. He has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1144540\/nick-cordero-s-wife-reveals-he-s-tested-negative-for-coronavirus-twice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tested negative for coronavirus<\/a> again.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"51.72514619883\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"5.3508771929825\">\n<p>While Cordero has experienced several complications over the past month\u2014including having to have his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1142657\/nick-cordero-s-wife-says-he-s-recovering-well-after-leg-amputation-surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leg amputated<\/a>, going into septic shock and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1146739\/nick-cordero-s-wife-shares-gut-wrenching-update-on-how-coronavirus-severely-damaged-his-lungs?query=nick%20cordero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">experiencing lung damage<\/a>\u2014Kloots has remained positive. The supportive spouse and dancer posts videos of people singing and dancing for Cordero on social media along with the hashtag #WakeUpNick.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"45.707547169811\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"3.2075471698113\">\n<p>The Tony nominee&#8217;s cast members from&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1145164\/watch-the-waitress-cast-support-nick-cordero-with-touching-live-your-life-cover?query=waitress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waitress<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1147076\/nick-cordero-s-rock-of-ages-cast-sings-don-t-stop-believin-in-his-honor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Rock<\/em>&nbsp;<em>of Ages<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;have sent uplifting messages, as well.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"38.26998689384\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"19.13499344692\">\n<p>After a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1145509\/nick-cordero-suffers-health-setback-after-developing-a-fever-wife-amanda-kloots-reveals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ups<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1148644\/nick-cordero-endured-a-rocky-night-after-doctors-remove-infection-from-his-lungs?query=Nick%20Cordero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">downs<\/a> over the past week, Kloots had some good news to share. Just a few days ago, the fitness guru said Cordero is showing very early stages of tracking, &#8220;which means he&#8217;s starting to wake up.&#8221; She said this was a &#8220;huge&#8221; update and explained that while Cordero was already opening his eyes &#8220;nothing&#8217;s been behind it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now he&#8217;s slowly starting to show signs,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1148947\/amanda-kloots-says-nick-cordero-is-showing-early-signs-of-waking-up-from-coma?query=nick%20cordero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she continued at the time<\/a>.&nbsp;&#8220;Again, these are early early early signs, and super super small movements that not only one nurse saw but a couple.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, she wrote via Instagram that &#8220;Nick was stable throughout the night.&#8221; She also reported there was &#8220;no new news&#8221; and that &#8220;things still [are] looking the same for now.&#8221; As she put it, &#8220;In the ICU no news is good news!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1149732\/amanda-kloots-pens-heartbreaking-open-letter-to-nick-cordero-amid-his-health-battle?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Kloots\/Instagram Amanda Kloots took to Instagram on Thursday to pen an open letter to her husband Nick Cordero amid his health battle. &#8220;Dear Nick, I miss you so much,&#8221; she wrote alongside a photo of the Broadway star holding their son Elvis. &#8220;Sometimes this whole thing doesn&#8217;t even feel real. 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