Dodgers give update on Freddie Freeman after son Max, 3, diagnosed with rare nerve disease

The Los Angeles Dodgers person fixed an update connected first baseman Freddie Freeman arsenic his three-year-old boy continues to woody pinch wellness complications.

On Thursday, Freeman and his wife, Chelsea, shared that their son, Maximus, has been diagnosed pinch Guillain-Barré syndrome aft experiencing symptoms during nan All-Star break.

Speaking to nan media connected Friday, Dodgers head Dave Roberts addressed Freeman's business earlier facing nan Oakland Athletics.

'I didn't moreover spot that post, but I was texting pinch Freddie yesterday,' Roberts said. 'He says that they're encouraged, truthful we're conscionable holding retired dream and prayers.' 

Freeman was placed connected nan family emergency database connected Saturday and is not expected to rejoin nan squad for nan bid successful Oakland, arsenic some he and nan squad are prioritizing his clip pinch family during this difficult situation. 

While Roberts shared that Freeman has remained progressive while away, he revealed location remains nary timeline for his return.

'I do cognize Freddie is moving around, taking swings, moving his assemblage around,' Roberts said. 'But I don't expect him to [play this weekend].'

In a erstwhile Instagram story, Chelsea had shared that Max was brought to nan infirmary aft suffering undisclosed issues sometime aft nan All-Star break and that Freddie met nan family and spent nan nighttime successful nan emergency room aft a crippled against nan San Francisco Giants. 

They past provided a prolonged update connected Thursday by collaboratively posting connected their Instagram pages.  

'Last Friday, Max quickly declined and went into afloat assemblage paralysis,' they wrote. We are very fortunate to person gotten him to nan infirmary successful clip truthful they could reenforce his lungs.

'Freddie was successful Houston astatine nan clip and rushed to nan first formation backmost home. After galore tests, Max is battling a terrible lawsuit of Guillain-Barré syndrome. A uncommon neurological information that is particularly uncommon successful children.' 

The nervus information typically starts successful nan little half of nan assemblage tin origin paralysis - arsenic it did pinch Maximus. 

There are little than 20,000 cases successful nan United States each twelvemonth and nan information tin beryllium cured pinch humor treatments.  

'These person been nan hardest and scariest days of our lives. Maximus is specified a typical boy and he has been fighting SO hard,' they added. 'This is going to beryllium a travel to recover, but we person religion that he will beryllium wholly healed. We person been blown distant by his improvements successful nan past 48 hours.' 

'Maximus was excavated from his breathing conduit and taken disconnected of nan ventilator yesterday, which is simply a immense triumph for us. We judge successful nan powerfulness of dream and we person been witnessing a occurrence successful his recovery.' 

'Please proceed to screen Maximus and our family successful your prayers. We really admit and person felt each of your support.'