Los Angeles Dodgers star Freddie Freeman’s son Max continues to make positive progress after being diagnosed with a rare nerve disease at the age of three.
Freeman and his wife Chelsea announced in early August that Max had been diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome after being rushed to hospital with what they described as “full-body paralysis.”
Freeman took some time away from baseball to take care of his family and now Chelsea has revealed that Max is headed in the right direction.
Max Update: We’ve had great follow-up appointments with our pediatrician and neurologists this week. People say GBS stands for “Slowly Improving.”
‘We’ve seen great progress over the past week and a half. Max is sleeping most of the night again. He sits up unaided and has even started to crawl like a soldier in the last few days.
Freddie Freeman’s wife has given an update on their son Max’s battle with a nervous condition.
Freeman and his family together at Dodger Stadium before Max’s condition was known
‘Our life consists of doctor’s appointments, physiotherapy and lots of time in the pool. We are very happy with how well Max has progressed.
‘We are forever grateful to the Dodgers organization and fans for how amazing they have been to us. We have also been overwhelmed by all the messages, cards, gifts, flowers, candy and prayers that have been sent our way. Thank you all.’
Freeman was greeted with a one-minute standing ovation upon his emotional return to Dodger Stadium in early August for the game against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Max began to lose feeling in his feet before that numbness spread to his shoulders and eventually affected his breathing. He was rushed to an Orange County hospital, where he was put on a ventilator.
“It was tough to see one of your kids fighting on a ventilator,” Freeman said during his pregame news conference for his return to the Dodgers. “I know you parents understand that.
“You’ll change in a second to take that pain, that suffering away from your child in an instant. When you feel hopeless, like (my wife) Chelsea and I felt, that’s hard.
“He’s fine. He’s got his personality back. He’s Max. He’s doing well in that respect. But he has to relearn how to do almost everything. It’s a terrible syndrome, Guillain-Barré.”