JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 It\u2019s now been around two years since Henry Wodicka was diagnosed with leukemia at just seven years old.<\/p>\n
In two years of treatment, Henry underwent countless chemotherapy sessions, with his family often having to drive two hours each way for his lifesaving care, and Henry unable to experience a normal childhood.<\/p>\n
\u201cHenry did have a port in his chest, so that did limit his ability to you know swim safely in all bodies of water,\u201d Henry\u2019s father, Braden Wodicka, explained Sunday morning. \u201cWe have a cabin on a river that is kind of our lifeblood of our family, and you know, not being able to participate in those activities throughout the summers, you know, were kind of a big bummer for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n On Sunday morning, Henry and three other families with children just like him got the chance for a mental break away from the strains of a cancer diagnosis, getting an up-close look at the Jacksonville Jaguars training camp, all thanks to the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund.<\/p>\n Now having completed his cancer treatments and undergoing monthly checkups, Henry\u2019s dad Braden, said Sunday morning the training camp Jay Fund visit serves as an opportunity for Henry to also make up for lost memories with his three younger siblings.<\/p>\n \u201cJust to kind of explore and experience memories together as a family and continue to, make those childhood core memories, you know so to speak, that they\u2019ll be looking back on 10 years from now, that\u2019s one of the great things that we\u2019re able to achieve and experience as a family thanks to the Jay Fund,\u201d Braden explained.<\/p>\n Now, Braden says the hope is that through the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund, Henry and other kids just like him battling their cancer diagnosis or going through their cancer recovery can continue to make up for those lost childhood memories.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom my family to those out there that give it, thank you so much for everything you do and you give. And we wouldn\u2019t be able to do it without you,\u201d Braden said.<\/p>\n You can find more information on the Jay Fund and how you can get involved by clicking the link here<\/a>.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 It\u2019s now been around two years since Henry Wodicka was diagnosed with leukemia at just…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":116068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[7320,5229,7323,3188,723,7324,7310,7327,7325,7326,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,7322,7321],"class_list":{"0":"post-116343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action-news-jax","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-cbs47","11":"tag-fl","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-fox30","14":"tag-jacksonville","15":"tag-jacksonville-fl","16":"tag-northeast-florida","17":"tag-southeast-georgia","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa","24":"tag-wfox","25":"tag-wjax"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114966477098459911","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}