Jaguars DE Josh Hines-Allen says his 7-year-old son Wesley is recovering from leukemia

JACKSONVILLE Fla AP Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Josh Hines-Allen declared Friday that his -year-old son Wesley is recovering from cancer Hines-Allen and his wife Kaitlyn provided the news in a three-minute video circulated on social media They stated the evaluation of acute promyelocytic leukemia came after Wesley spiked a fever and started bleeding from a tooth days before last year s season finale which Hines-Allen missed for personal reasons It just kind of like hit me and then nothing else mattered after that Hines-Allen explained in the video Wesley underwent chemotherapy for six months He has a insufficient treatments remaining before he gets to ring the bell next month at Nemours Children s Soundness in Jacksonville Wesley is doing great Kaitlyn revealed in the video He s swimming every day He s running around He s playing sports Added Hines-Allen He s got back to being the big brother that he is Hines-Allen and his wife also released Friday that their nonprofit foundation Four One For All will launch a season-long campaign called Four One For Hope to give back to four cancer-focused non-profits each month of the NFL regular season Money raised will go to Nemours Children s Hospital in September the American Cancer Society in October the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville in October and the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation in December Our goal is to ensure that families going through something similar feel the same level of love and advocacy as we did Hines-Allen stated in a message Hines-Allen is a two-time Pro Bowl pass rusher who has career sacks in six seasons in Jacksonville two shy of the franchise record held by Tony Brackens He signed a five-year million contract that included million fully guaranteed before the season AP NFL https apnews com hub nfl Source