WEBVTT 00:00:00.039 --> 00:00:03.970 Team Saint Jude, let's bring it in. Got a couple things I gotta say here now. Listen, I 00:00:03.970 --> 00:00:08.038 know you've seen me run my 40 yard dash in a suit and tie for a couple decades now. Spoiler 00:00:08.038 --> 00:00:14.640 alert, I haven't broken any land speed records yet, but I always have a bigger goal in mind. 00:00:14.890 --> 00:00:19.329 I'm running for the kids at Saint Jude every single year because they're. Coping with cancer 00:00:19.469 --> 00:00:24.510 every single day, they are strong, they are courageous, but they just simply cannot do it 00:00:24.510 --> 00:00:29.760 alone. That's why we're one team together. Now's our chance to make a real difference, and 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:35.228 all it takes is just a single donation from you to Saint Jude. So let's put our game faces 00:00:35.228 --> 00:00:41.579 on and support the team. Absolutely love this. Since 2015, Rich Eisen has partnered with the 00:00:41.579 --> 00:00:47.219 wonderful people at Saint Jude for a 40 yard dash fundraising event. We call it Run Rich Run. 00:00:47.500 --> 00:00:51.709 It aims to help find cures for childhood cancers and other life threatening diseases. We 00:00:51.709 --> 00:00:55.859 have one of the families who participated joining us here on Good Morning Football. It's 00:00:55.859 --> 00:01:01.575 time to say hello. Reed, his mom and dad, Whitney and Russell, guy, it is, it's awesome. 00:01:01.834 --> 00:01:07.034 I mean to see you. This is terrific. Reed. Yeah, let's roll. Reed, it's awesome, it's 00:01:07.034 --> 00:01:10.394 awesome to have you with us here. You and actually Reed, you and your dad actually were 00:01:10.394 --> 00:01:15.474 able to participate in the event. I, I, I just gotta know the highlight for you, what, what 00:01:15.474 --> 00:01:22.469 stands out the most, Reed? Mm. All the kids getting to run the 40 yard dash. 00:01:23.668 --> 00:01:30.480 How fast were you? That's awesome. 07 seconds. Oh, not bad. Kind of blazing. Let's go. 00:01:30.790 --> 00:01:35.230 Let's go faster than me. Yeah, I don't know. You're gonna have to teach me how to run a 00:01:35.230 --> 00:01:38.948 little bit faster, Whitney. Uh, can you tell us more about how your family came to be 00:01:38.948 --> 00:01:45.109 involved with Saint Jude and how things are going for Reed? Yeah, so, um, you know, first 00:01:45.109 --> 00:01:49.049 of all, you get the most devastating news of your life, and then we realized that, you know, 00:01:49.209 --> 00:01:55.049 God had put some places, um, just some people in our lives and some pieces of the puzzle 00:01:55.049 --> 00:02:00.668 together that led us to Saint Jude. And after going through something devastating, you 00:02:00.668 --> 00:02:04.969 realize that Saint Jude is a place just filled with hope where everyone there is on mission to 00:02:04.969 --> 00:02:10.080 make these kids' lives the best that they can possibly be. And so it has been an incredible 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:15.439 experience for us. Reed has finished treatment , and we do go back for checkups and things, but 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:20.750 we are home now and just enjoying being together as a family at home. We, it is so 00:02:20.750 --> 00:02:24.610 incredible to see you guys at home, but Reed, I wanna circle back to you. What do you 00:02:24.610 --> 00:02:28.118 remember most about those who helped you care, who helped care for you when you were there at 00:02:28.118 --> 00:02:35.038 Saint Jude's? I see you still rocking that shirt. Mm, how kind they were. How 00:02:35.038 --> 00:02:38.599 kind. Yeah, tell us about that. They really did everything they could and they made you 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:44.409 feel as comfortable as they could. Is that how it felt? Yes, definitely. They just, yeah, and 00:02:44.409 --> 00:02:50.729 it felt so hard, they just helped me get through it. Well, that's really well said and 00:02:50.729 --> 00:02:55.288 you're a very, very cool kid. Russell, we love that you were able to be there with Reed and 00:02:55.288 --> 00:03:00.210 attend the Run Rich Run event together. He told us his perspective. Give us a parent's 00:03:00.210 --> 00:03:03.838 perspective, a father's perspective. What did this event mean to you, especially as you 00:03:03.838 --> 00:03:09.849 watched Reed out there running? It was, it was an incredible event. It was, uh, Reed got to 00:03:09.849 --> 00:03:14.649 spend time with Rich, uh, beforehand, giving him a tour of the hospital, and, uh, so that 00:03:14.649 --> 00:03:21.288 was really special. And, um, and then when the actual run happened, uh, Reed had, uh, surgery 00:03:21.288 --> 00:03:25.960 last June, June of 2025 is when he was diagnosed and had surgery. And so that was 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:31.008 actually the first time that he had run since, uh, prior to surgery. And, uh, Reed is a big 00:03:31.008 --> 00:03:37.288 athlete, loves football and baseball and. Um, and so it was really incredible to, to see him, 00:03:37.990 --> 00:03:44.229 uh, do that and to, you know, just like I told him that, you know, he, he was inspiring to a 00:03:44.229 --> 00:03:49.028 lot of people and as rich has been to so many people, and we were just really thankful to be 00:03:49.028 --> 00:03:55.649 a part of it. Um, Reed has been fortunate to. Get to do some neat things, uh, 00:03:55.909 --> 00:04:00.838 since, uh, undergoing treatment and being at Saint Jude. Saint Jude offers some incredible, 00:04:01.058 --> 00:04:05.740 uh, opportunities for the kids to just feel normal when they're there. The, you know, 00:04:05.819 --> 00:04:11.179 there's so many people that support Saint Jude , uh, that, that come in and, um, get to meet 00:04:11.179 --> 00:04:15.058 the kids and so, but it was a highlight for Reed to get to meet Rich because he's such a 00:04:15.058 --> 00:04:20.329 big football kid that, uh, that, that was really neat. Yeah, maybe one day I'll get to 00:04:20.329 --> 00:04:26.769 meet Rich Eisen. Uh, he, he's done great work for Saint Jude over the years, um, and the NFL 00:04:26.769 --> 00:04:30.899 community has chipped in as well. Some guys have didn't Belichick run a checkup to the, uh, 00:04:31.170 --> 00:04:35.928 to the broadcast booth during the combine one year. It, it is incredible. Uh, Reed, we hear 00:04:35.928 --> 00:04:39.920 you play all the sports, all of them, uh, but we need to know who do you root for during 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:44.329 football season, Who's your favorite player, and, uh, you know what, mock your team. Who's, 00:04:44.410 --> 00:04:50.059 who should the team draft or what position should that team draft? Mm. Uh, my favorite 00:04:50.059 --> 00:04:56.149 team is the Buccaneers. My favorite player is Baker Mayfield. And 00:04:56.889 --> 00:05:03.689 I feel like the Bucks should get some wide receivers so Baker can throw to him, yeah. Yeah, 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:08.059 after raising Mike Evans, that, that is, that, that's a mock draft right there. That was much 00:05:08.059 --> 00:05:11.699 better than Jason Lythe, our actual GM. I, I, I mean it right now. You're coming in for his 00:05:11.699 --> 00:05:15.980 job, ready to go for it. We did spend some time talking about Mike Evans a little bit 00:05:15.980 --> 00:05:21.379 earlier, by the way, the, uh, the run rich run event, it's gonna air Saturday, uh, of the NFL. 00:05:21.553 --> 00:05:24.845 Draft, so we have to wait for that, but Reed, I would love to get your take because I know 00:05:24.845 --> 00:05:29.983 you got to meet Rich, you got to watch his 40, you got to run your 40 as well. How would you 00:05:29.983 --> 00:05:34.845 describe how Rich was, was running? I see him over my shoulder, which is kind of creepy for 00:05:34.845 --> 00:05:39.045 me, but would, would love to just sort of have you describe what it's like to watch Rich Eisen 00:05:39.045 --> 00:05:45.170 run the 40. It, it was great. It just made me think of all the money he was raising from 00:05:45.170 --> 00:05:52.079 Saint Jude and how slow he was. So you, you would be, you'd beat him 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:58.738 in that race then, right, Reed? You're gonna beat him to the finish line? Yeah, yeah, we're 00:05:58.738 --> 00:06:02.100 gonna get one of those, uh, trackers put you guys next to each other. Whitney, I do wanna 00:06:02.100 --> 00:06:06.209 circle back to you. We, we have all heard about the wonderful work that they do at Saint 00:06:06.209 --> 00:06:10.619 Jude, but for you experiencing this and with your family, what can you tell us that most 00:06:10.619 --> 00:06:14.298 people don't know about the care that you're getting? I know you use the word hope already. 00:06:14.338 --> 00:06:19.298 What more can you tell us? Sure. Well, not only are we getting what we felt like was the 00:06:19.298 --> 00:06:26.100 best possible treatment for Reed, but they do really fun things. Like he got to read to a dog. 00:06:26.178 --> 00:06:31.278 They have all of these adorable golden retrievers that come in and just with the kids. 00:06:31.540 --> 00:06:37.100 Um, Reed got to read books to them some. Um, they have this whole 2nd floor at the hospital, 00:06:37.149 --> 00:06:42.678 which Reed loved, a place where the kids can do Legos and just feel like kids. It's 00:06:42.678 --> 00:06:47.259 completely, you know, no medical staff can go onto the 2nd floor. And so when you're taking a 00:06:47.259 --> 00:06:52.738 break between things, um, it's just a place for kids to be kids. But from our occupational 00:06:52.738 --> 00:06:59.470 therapists and our physical therapists, um, to all of the nurses there, everyone. Was loving 00:06:59.470 --> 00:07:06.230 on Reed and just making him feel like, um, you know, a, a kid and just 00:07:06.230 --> 00:07:11.069 giving us all hope as a family and just giving us a piece. Yeah, it's awesome to kind of hear 00:07:11.069 --> 00:07:15.389 your guys' story and appreciate you guys sharing some of your experiences, not only at 00:07:15.389 --> 00:07:19.819 the Saint Jude's but also the Run Rich Run event. Really do appreciate it guys. Best of 00:07:19.819 --> 00:07:23.988 luck and best wishes. Thank you guys. Great job, Reed. You're the man, Reed. Rooting for 00:07:23.988 --> 00:07:26.389 the Bucks this season. Oh, there's the whole fam, uh.