By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-03-27 19:34:03 | Updated at 2025-04-04 00:32:10
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The start of another season of Major League Baseball isn't the only piece of good news in the Freeman household.
Freddie Freeman, the 2024 World Series MVP, is set to start in the Opening Day game for the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday afternoon.
But there's more than just sports to be excited about as Freddie's wife, Chelsea, shared some important news about their four-year-old son, Max.
Max, who had been hospitalized over the summer with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) - a rare autoimmune disease - is seemingly on the road to recovery.
In a post to her Instagram story, Chelsea said that her son is '80 percent recovered after today's assessment'.
Additionally, she revealed that her son 'had reflexes in both his knees and feet for the first time.'
Freddie Freeman's wife, Chelsea, updated followers on the condition of her son, Max
Max, 4, suffers from the rare auto-immune disease known as Guillain-Barré syndrome
Freeman, who won the World Series MVP award last season, begins a new season on Thursday
'He is finally above his pre GBS weight. He is still working hard in PT to build strength back in his leg & his feet (dorsiflexion) to improve.
'I cannot express how thankful I am for these improvements. Life has slowly started to feel more normal. I realize how precious health is now. It is everything. If you are a special needs parent I have no words for how incredible you are.'
This update comes less than a year after Max was admitted to the hospital after his health 'rapidly declined and went into full body paralysis'.
'These have been the hardest and scariest days of our lives,' Chelsea wrote Aug. 1 on Instagram. 'Maximus is such a special boy and he has been fighting SO hard. This 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. Maximus was excavated from his breathing tube and taken off of the ventilator yesterday, which is a huge win for us. We believe in the power of prayer and we have been witnessing a miracle in his recovery.'
Guillain-Barré syndrome is a condition where 'the body's immune system attacks the nerves,' and 'it can cause weakness, numbness or paralysis,' according to the Mayo Clinic.
Max was released from the hospital in August after spending eight days in the pediatric ICU last summer.
Freddie can now turn his full attention to baseball - where the Dodgers host the Tigers on Thursday afternoon.
