Emotional Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman Back After Tending to 3-Year-Old Son’s Illness [Video]

The last 10 days were not easy for Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman.

Talking about his absence, a necessity in the wake of his 3-year-old son’s medical scare, did not seem much easier.

In an emotional press conference at Dodger Stadium before he returned to the lineup Monday against the Philadelphia Phillies, Freeman talked about the rare case of Guillain-Barré syndrome that sent Maximus Freeman to the pediatric intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital of Orange County.

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“Max is doing all right … but he’s got to relearn how to do pretty much everything,” Freeman told reporters Monday. “Terrible syndrome, Guillain-Barré … but it’s a good thing I’m here, because it means things are trending better. No one should have to go through this, especially with a 3-year-old.”

Freeman rejoined the Dodgers one day after his wife, Chelsea, revealed via Instagramthat their 3-year-old son, Maximus, was …