Ken Hudson Campbell, well-known for enjoying Santa in “Home Alone,” is the one getting a fantastic present this time … TMZ has discovered docs efficiently eliminated the most cancers that had been spreading in his mouth.
Ken’s daughter Michaela tells TMZ … her dad went into surgical procedure Thursday morning, and the entire process went off and not using a hitch. She says the household was capable of go to him later that night time as soon as he was out of the OR.
He is not home-free simply but … we’re instructed Ken will stay in ICU for one more 2-3 days, earlier than he is transferred to common inpatient hospital take care of about one other week. However, he’s awake and doing very well — and it’ll take about 6 weeks of restoration earlier than he can get again to regular, on a regular basis exercise.
As we reported, Ken was diagnosed with cancer in October after a tumor grew on the underside of his mouth and “began encroaching on his teeth” … in keeping with Michaela, who laid all of it out on a GoFundMe she arrange for her pops.
She began the GFM as a result of Ken, sadly, misplaced his SAG-AFTRA medical insurance initially of final yr after the pandemic — however the assist’s been overwhelming, they’re over $96,000 of the $100k objective.
There have been some heavy hitters providing donations — together with $1k from Jeff Garlin and Tim Meadows, $5k from “The Big Bang Theory” creator Invoice Prady and $10,000 from Steve Carell.
Michaela tells us Steve and Ken are outdated associates from their time in Second Metropolis Chicago improv, and the household is extraordinarily grateful for all of the assist.
Ken will nonetheless need to bear reconstructive surgical procedure, in addition to radiation and presumably chemo, which comes with a prolonged 6-month restoration interval … however he is crossed an enormous hurdle.
