“Home Alone” actor Ken Hudson is about to undergo an intensive 10-hour long surgery, and he’s looking forward to fans giving him an early Christmas present by donating money towards his medical expenses. And oh, by the way, he played Santa Claus in the hit Macaulay Culkin-led Christmas movie.
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Ken Hudson’s GoFundMe Page Details The Kind Of Surgery The Star Will Be Undergoing
Early this December, a GoFundMe page set up on the actor’s behalf went live, bearing the news of his cancer diagnosis.
“You may know Ken from his roles as Santa in Home Alone, the guy Bill Murray kisses in Groundhog’s Day, or in Armageddon where his character loses his life saving the world from a giant asteroid.
Now, we need the world’s help to save Ken,” a statement on the fundraiser page reads. “On October 27th, 2023, Ken was diagnosed with cancer, a tumor had elusively grown on the bottom of his mouth and it began encroaching on his teeth.”
The GoFundMe page detailed Campbell’s “10-hour surgery” in which “a large part of his jawbone will be removed, along with his lymph nodes, and part of his leg bone” on Thursday, Dec. 10.
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Surgeons will “reconstruct a new jaw for Ken from this leg bone, install it, and treat him with radiation.” His recovery process involves a 6-month healing period and a week in the hospital post surgery, “dealing with a feeding tube, skin grafts, and a tracheotomy, and we are looking at further recovery possibilities like nursing homes.” He may also be required to undergo chemotherapy.
Unfortunately, these treatments come with a hefty bill. In the past, Hudson had been “a card-carrying union member for upwards of 35 years…in January of 2022, following the COVID-19 pandemic, Ken lost the SAG-AFTRA health insurance that he had used for his whole career.”
This means that his current insurance is limited to covering his physical therapy and speech therapy. His family is “anticipating huge out-of-pocket costs for caregivers/skilled nursing, insurance premiums, medical equipment, transportation, dental implants, dentures and who knows what else.
Our entire immediate family, Kathleen, Richard, and Michaela, are planning on taking care of him as much as we can during this long journey.”
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“Ken Campbell is a family man. A loving father of two children with an admirable lust for life, and a passion for acting, writing, & sports,” the page reads. “It is possible that this procedure will affect his ability to work as an actor in the future. We are asking for your help so that Kenny can use the time ahead to return to health, and spend more time with family & friends. Every prayer, positive thought, dollar, or gesture of support means the world to our family.”
Since it was set up, the GoFundMe has raised more than $55,000 of its $100,000 goal.
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