MLB star rushes to hospital after game to spend night with sick son, 3, following major health scare

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman spent nan nighttime astatine a section infirmary connected Wednesday aft his boy suffered a awesome wellness scare.

According to his woman Chelsea, Freeman rushed retired of Dodger Stadium aft LA's 8-3 conclusion to nan San Francisco Giants and headed consecutive to a adjacent emergency room to beryllium pinch their youngest boy Maximus.

The three-year-old is said to person travel down pinch what doctors believed was transient synovitis - an unwellness which typically causes utmost symptom successful nan hep - during nan family's travel to nan MLB All-Star Game successful Texas earlier this month.

Chelsea, who has been joined to Freddie for nan past 10 years, initially wrote connected Instagram connected Wednesday night: 'Please opportunity a dream for Maximus... Dr says he developed transient synovitis from nan viral infection he had [at] each prima week...

'Day 3 of not being capable to sit, guidelines aliases walk... Any tips to thief toddlers take/keep down medicine? He is usually bully astatine taking medicine but he keeps spitting it out'.

Thankfully, nan net characteristic revealed connected Thursday that Maximus' prognosis now looks bully aft they were discharged from infirmary astatine astir 3:30am PT.

She wrote alongside a photograph of Freddie lying pinch Maximus successful nan hospital: 'Max update: We ended up taking him to nan ER past night. Freddie met maine consecutive from nan game. 

'He stopped eating aliases drinking and was very lethargic. It took 2 attempts to get IV successful and Max was truthful brave he didn't moreover cry.'

Maximus' tests fortunately came backmost antagonistic for immoderate infections aliases progressive viruses arsenic doctors hydrated him and gave him anti-inflammatory medicine done nan IV. He besides underwent an x-ray and ultrasound.

'He still cannot carnivore immoderate weight to guidelines aliases locomotion truthful we will beryllium intimately monitoring him,' Chelsea continued. 'If he doesn't amended successful 48hrs he needs to spell backmost to nan hospital.' 

She past concluded nan station by saying: 'There is really thing worse than seeing your kid successful pain. My bosom breaks for each nan families that person it worse. Thank you truthful overmuch for nan prayers.'  

Freddie and Chelsea person 2 different sons together arsenic good arsenic Maximus; Charlie, eight, and Brandon, three.

The mates tied nan knot successful 2014 aft starting making love 3 years earlier, having first met while Chelsea was successful college.

It is unclear whether Freddie will beryllium progressive successful nan Dodgers' adjacent crippled against nan Giants connected Thursday, which is owed to statesman astatine 4:10pm ET (1:10pm PT).