Atlanta Braves first baseman thought he was in danger of losing his life at the toughest point of his battle against COVID-19, and he said during a press conference that he feels like a “kid in a candy store again” being able to return to a baseball field after his experience.
Freeman revealed that he dealt with an extremely high fever, which spiked to 104.5. He said that after checking his temperature in the morning and finding it to be completely normal, he went through his typical at-home workouts – only for a fever to level him later that day.
“The crazy thing is is, Friday morning I woke up in a pool of sweat, [temperature gunned] my forehead and it said 98.2. So I had no fever that morning, and that was 7:30 in the morning. So I went – since I couldn’t go to the field, I had to wait for that test – I went and threw, I hit, I worked out and I ran at my house and felt completely fine. By 2:00 p.m., it hit me like a ton of bricks.
…. Friday night, that was the scariest night for me. I spiked to 104.5 fever…. I said a little prayer that night, because, you know, I’ve never been that hot before. My body was really, really hot. So I said ‘please don’t take me.’ I wasn’t ready. It got a little worrisome that night for me.”
Fortunately, Freeman says he feels great now and has been cleared to resume baseball activities.
