Three months after Freddie Freeman was placed on the family emergency list after his 3-year-old son fell ill, he was named the World Series MVP.\n\n\n\n
Following the Los Angeles Dodgers championship win again the New York Yankees, Freeman was asked about his son, Maximus Freeman\u2019s battle with Guillain-Barr\u00e9 syndrome (GBS).\n\n\n\n
What he said about that journey has parents everywhere applauding the father of three, ESPN reported.\n\n\n\n \u201cI would gladly strike out with the bases loaded in the Botton of the ninth inning in Game 7 of the World Series 300 million times in a row than see that again,\u201d he said of watching his son be hospitalized because of the rare autoimmune disorder.\n\n\n\n \u201cBut he\u2019s on his way,\u201d Freeman continued, adding an update on Max\u2019s journey. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a long road.\u201d\n\n\n\n On social media, people praised Freeman for the way he handled it all.\n\n\n\n \u201cAs a die hard Yankee fan, Freddie Freeman gained a fan in me,\u201d one comment read. \u201cThe way you love your family and the way you played through it all. Absolutely incredible. This Yankee fan is now a fan of yours. Prayers for Max.\u201d\n\n\n\n \u201cNobody deserved MVP more than Freeman he\u2019s been through a lot and was able to overcome a lot this postseason,\u201d another commenter shared.\n\n\n\n \u201cHe\u2019s not just an amazing baseball player and World Series champion but also an incredible father,\u201d another comment read.\u201d\n\n\n\n On July 27, Freeman was first placed on the family emergency list in order to be by his son\u2019s side.\n\n\n\n Freeman\u2019s wife, Chelsea Freeman, shared updates with the worried public as they received him.\n\n\n\n She announced he was diagnosed with GBS in an Instagram post.\n\n\n\n Guillain-Barr\u00e9 syndrome is \u201ca rare neurological condition that is especially rare in children.\u201d According to the Mayo Clinic, GBS is \u201ca condition in which the body\u2019s immune system attacks the nerves. It can cause weakness, numbness or paralysis.\u201d\n\n\n\n Prior to his diagnosis, Chelsea Freeman explained that Max \u201crapidly declined and went into full body paralysis. We are very fortunate to have gotten him to the hospital in time so they could reinforce his lungs.\u201d\n\n\n\n At the time, she called the last several days \u201cthe hardest and scariest days of our lives.\u201d\n\n\n\n \u201cMaximus is such a special boy and he has been fighting SO hard,\u201d the mom shared. \u201cThis is going to be a journey to recover, but we have faith that he will be completely healed. We have been blown away by his improvements in the last 48 hours.\u201d\n\n\n\n About Mamas Uncut\n\n\n\n Mamas Uncut is THE online place for moms. We cover the latest about motherhood, parenting, and entertainment as well \u2013 all with a mom-focused twist. So if you\u2019re looking for parenting advice from real parents, we have plenty of it, all for moms from moms, and also experts. Because, at the end of the day, our mission is focused solely on empowering moms and moms-to-be with the knowledge and answers they\u2019re looking for in one safe space.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mamas Uncut Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletterSign Up By submitting, I agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Three months after Freddie Freeman was placed on […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5492,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5490\/revisions\/5492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeecho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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