“That’s So Raven” star Rondell Sheridan said a medical emergency is going to sideline him from working ― and he asked for donations. (Watch the video below.)
Sheridan, who played Victor Baxter in the Disney Channel comedy from the aughts and in two spinoffs, had difficulty breathing as he summed up his misfortune from bed in an Instagram clip on Tuesday.
The comedian said he was on the road last month when he got sick.
His voice broke at times as if he were in distress.
Sheridan, 66, said doctors first thought the problem was “gastric” but days later he checked into a Los Angeles-area hospital on April 12 and was told the problem was pancreatitis, inflammation in the pancreas that can produce swelling and pain.
He said he spent nine days in the hospital and got released.
“I thought I was on the road to recovery but it was just for observation,” he said. “My pancreas is inflamed and there’s not much you can do about it but just wait for the inflammation to go down. I didn’t realize that I was gonna be and will be out of work for quite some time.”
Isabel Beyoso, the organizer of a GoFundMe that Sheridan referred viewers to for help with medical bills and expenses, explained that “the doctors have said he just has to wait for his pancreas to do what it’s going to do before any further treatment can be considered, and in the meantime, he will be mostly bedridden, while in recovery.”
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One donor is apparently “Saturday Night Live” star Kenan Thompson, who gave $7,000, records show. Sheridan appeared on “Kenan & Kel” in 1998.
Sheridan is best known for playing the father of Raven-Symoné’s lead character in “That’s So Raven” (2003-07). He also appeared in the spinoffs “Cory in the House” (2007-08) and “Raven’s Home” (2017-2023.)
HuffPost reached out to Sheridan’s reps but didn’t immediately hear back.
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