Los Angeles Dodgers star Freddie Freeman's son Max is continuing to make positive progress after being diagnosed with a rare nerve disease at the age of three.

Freeman and his wife Chelsea announced earlier in August that Max had been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome after being rushed to hospital with what they described as 'full body paralysis'.

Freeman took time away from baseball to look after his family and now Chelsea has revealed that Max is heading in the right direction. 

'Max Update: We have had great follow up appointments with our pediatrician and neurologists this week. People say GBS stands for “Getting Better Slowly”.

'We have seen a lot of progress in the last week and a half. Max is mostly sleeping through the night again. He is sitting unassisted and even started army crawling the last few days. 

Freddie Freeman's wife has given an update on their son Max's battle with a nerve disease

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'Our life consists of doctor appointments, physical therapy, and lots of pool time. We are so happy with how well Max has been progressing. 

'We are forever grateful to the Dodgers organization and the fans for how incredible they have been to us. We have also been blown away by everyone’s messages, cards, gifts, flowers, sweets, and prayers sent our way. Thank you all.'

Freeman was greeted with a one-minute standing ovation in his emotional return to Dodger Stadium earlier in August for the game against Philadelphia Phillies.

Max began to lose sensation in his feet before that numbness spread to his shoulders and ultimately affected his breathing. He was rushed to an Orange County hospital, where he was placed on a ventilator. 

'Seeing one of your kids on a ventilator fighting, it was hard,' Freeman said during the pre-game press conference of his Dodgers return. 'I know you parents understand that. 

'You'd switch in a second to take that pain, that suffering away from your kid in a heartbeat. When you feel hopeless, like [my wife] Chelsea and I did, that's hard.

'He's doing OK. His personality's back. He's Max. He's doing good in that aspect. But he's got to relearn how to do pretty much everything. Terrible syndrome, Guillain-Barré.'