HOUSTON — Dustin Fowler’s parents were going to meet him Friday at Minute Maid Park to watch him play outfield for the Yankees against the Astros, the exclamation point of his dream-come-true season.

Instead they made their way from Georgia to Chicago to meet their son at Rush University Medical Center.

This dream has been deferred, but it’s not over.

Fowler told The Post on Friday morning — before the Yankees ripped the Astros, 13-4 — that when he does make it back to the majors from his devastating injury, a ruptured patellar tendon in his right knee suffered in his big league debut, it’s going to make it that much sweeter when he takes that first at-bat for the Yankees.

“This is a journey I’ve gone through my whole life,’’ Fowler said from his hospital bed. “Now I’ve got to work that much harder to get there. Maybe it will be a little more special this go-round.’’

Fowler was injured in the first inning of the Yankees’ 4-3 loss to the White Sox on Thursday night as he slammed into the low fence and railing along right field at Guaranteed Rate Field, chasing a two-out foul ball off the bat of Jose Abreu.

He had not yet gotten his first major league at-bat after being promoted from Triple A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He was scheduled to lead off the top of the second.

Here is what Fowler wants Yankees fans to know: “I’m glad I was there for one day, but I’m pretty bummed out I am not going to be there for the rest of the year.’’

That speaks volumes about these Yankees and how they play for each other.

Fowler, like all the Baby Bombers, knows the Yankees have something special going on now and it hurts him most not to be a part of that success.

He vowed he would be back as quickly as humanly possible.

“Everything is as good as it can be right now,’’ Fowler said. “The surgery went well. That’s always a plus. I’m just going to take it day-to-day right now. It ruptured, but they were able to put it back in place and there wasn’t any other issues, so they said it’s going to be a pretty positive recovery.

“They said I’d be out for about four or five months and then be ready for the spring.’’

Fowler, 22, is a fighter — 18th-round draft picks don’t make it to the majors so quickly unless they own a will that carries them to success along with their talents.

“I don’t let a lot of things get to me, so I’ll be able to bounce back,’’ he said with quiet confidence, “and we got a good group of guys I’ll be able to work with and get me on my feet as quickly as possible.’’

The 6-foot, 195-pounder plays hard. A center fielder, he was in right after a long rain delay. Fowler played 14 games in right field at Triple-A.

“It’s just an unfortunate situation,’’ said Fowler, who slammed into an unpadded box on the railing. “I’m going to do everything I can to get to a ball, that’s how I play, and I hit the wrong part of the fence, it was just kind of a freak accident that you can’t really do anything about.’’

Fowler is a devoted hunter and joked, “I’ll have to sneak some of that in there’’ during his comeback.

When he was injured, and crumpled onto the field, Fowler said: “I was sitting there, the pain really wasn’t going through, I was just sitting there and kind of let the other guys take control.’’

Yankees manager Joe Girardi raced to Fowler’s side and was in tears as Fowler was carted off.

Fowler said he had heard from many of his teammates by midday Friday.

“I’ve heard from everyone,’’ Fowler said. “They’re all praying for me. I get along with everyone, it’s a great group of guys, obviously me and Tyler Wade have been together the whole time, so I’m pretty close with him. Everyone there is very good, very welcoming. There are not really any circles on this team.’’

By the end of the day he had heard and seen everyone as the Yankees FaceTimed with him from Minute Maid Park before Friday night’s game.

“As a group we just talked to him,’’ Girardi said. “I thought it was important that we see him and that he saw us. He said he was feeling pretty good and that he was getting out of the hospital today. The rehab has already started.’’

Baseball is a circle and Fowler will have to go all the way around now to get back home to the Yankees, get his first at-bat, play his first game at Yankee Stadium.

“Everyone told me to remain positive,’’ Fowler said, “work through it and when I get up there, make the most of it, just do everything I can to get back to the team.’’

That is the only way dreams, deferred and otherwise, come true.