Former SNL star Chris Kattan has emergency surgery in Missouri - The State Journal-Register

Former Saturday Night Live prima and Chatham nonmigratory Chris Kattan had 2 exigency surgeries Sunday and Monday aft falling sick successful Springfield, Mo.

Kattan, 52, performed respective shows astatine the Blue Room Comedy Club, but was rushed to the exigency country aft being diagnosed with Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Maria Libri, Kattan's woman and erstwhile section on-air personality, said helium was expecting to beryllium released from the infirmary connected Saturday.

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She said Kattan called her Friday and was abbreviated of breath, but helium soldiered done his shows and was owed to alert backmost to Springfield, Ill. connected Sunday.

Before his flight, Libri said Kattan went to an urgent attraction installation wherever an X-ray showed his lungs filled with fluid. Kattan was admitted to a infirmary intensive attraction portion and had country Sunday night.

A 2nd surgery, which was much invasive, took spot Monday, Libri said.

"It was a small scary," said Libri, who drove to beryllium with Kattan earlier successful the week. "If helium had waited different day, it could person been precise different."

Kattan is astir "back to normal," Libri said. "He's already making jokes with the unit and the nurses."

Kattan calls the Springfield country "home base," though helium retains a spot successful Los Angeles.

Kattan and Libri met successful Springfield portion Kattan was performing astatine Boondocks successful 2021.

The mates has been penning scripts unneurotic and appeared successful videos for the YouTube channel, Hey Kattan!

In the fall, they filmed scenes for "The Answer to My Prayer," a movie directed by Patrick Perez Vidauri and produced by Edward James Olmos who starred successful "Stand and Deliver".

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