Freddie Freeman’s wife gives emotional update on son Max’s progress after health scare

Freddie Freeman’s son Max has seen a lot of positive progress this week after he was diagnosed with a rare nerve disease at just 3 years old.

The Dodgers’ All-Star first baseman and his wife Chelsea announced Max’s diagnosis with Guillain-Barré syndrome in early August after a big hospital scare that saw him “rapidly decline” go into “full body paralysis.”

On Friday, Chelsea posted an encouraging update to Instagram.

“Max Update: We have had great follow up appointments with our pediatrician and neurologists this week. People say GBS stands for ‘Getting Better Slowly’ 🐢,” Chelsea wrote . “We have seen a lot of progress in the last week and a half. Max is mostly sleeping through the night again. He is sitting unassisted and even started army crawling the last few days. Our life consists of doctor appointments, physical therapy, and lots of pool time ☀️.

“We are so happy with how well Max has been progressing. We are forever grateful to the Dodgers organization and the fans for how incredible they have been to us. We have also been blown away by everyone’s messages, cards, gifts, flowers, sweets, and prayers sent our way. Thank you all.”

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Chelsea shared several photos in the update, including a picture with all three of her children, several of Max, and many sweets, posters, and Dodgers merch with a “#maxstrong” label.

The visit to the hospital kept Max away from home for eight days, spending it in the Pediatric ICU.

Chelsea also had taken the 3-year-old to the hospital on July 24 after Max stopped eating and drinking, becoming “very lethargic.”

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On the same night, Freeman ran to the hospital after the Dodgers fell 8-3 to the rival Giants to join his family.

After a number of tests, doctors found that Max has a “neurological condition that is especially rare in children.”

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Freeman eventually took time away from the Dodgers to focus on caring for his family.

The team put him on the family emergency list and he later received a one-minute long standing ovation in his emotional return to the field in August for a game against the Phillies.

“Seeing one of your kids on a ventilator fighting, it was hard,” Freeman said during the pre-game press conference of his Dodgers return, per Daily Mail. “I know you parents understand that. You’d switch in a second to take that pain, that suffering away from your kid in a heartbeat. When you feel hopeless, like Chelsea and I did, that’s hard.

“He’s doing OK. His personality’s back. He’s Max. He’s doing good in that aspect. But he’s got to relearn how to do pretty much everything. Terrible syndrome, Guillain-Barré.”

This season, the former 2020 MVP holds an .880 OPS with 17 homers and 71 RBIs.

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