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Buffalo Bills players Dummer Hamlin He was awake in a Cincinnati hospital, his agent and teammates said Thursday morning. immediate relief and joy From supporters across the country, 3 days after a 24-year-old suffered an in-game cardiac arrest.
Hamlin, sedated person While in the hospital, he was awake and holding hands with his family at the hospital, his agent, Ron Butler, told CNN.
“Our boy is fine, he’s awake and showing signs of improvement. Thank God,” said Bills cornerback Kaia Elam, one of Hamlin’s teammates. murmured thursday morning.
Hamlin showed “significant improvement” on the final day and appears to be “neurologically intact,” the Bills said separately Thursday morning.
“According to doctors treating Damar Hamlin at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Damar has shown remarkable improvement in the last 24 hours.” the bill tweeted“He is still seriously ill, but shows that he appears neurologically intact. His lungs continue to heal and he is making steady progress.”
“We appreciate the love and support we have received.”
Details about Hamlin’s condition and how he proved to be neurologically intact were not immediately released by the team.
Hamlin stunned a packed stadium when he collapsed in the first quarter of Monday night’s game against the Bills against the Cincinnati Bengals, leading to a postponement of the contest. field injuriesThe NFL has yet to announce whether it will make up for that contest, even though all 32 teams are gearing up for their final regular season games scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday.
Dispatched NFL players Tweet of celebration Thursday, news spread that Hamlin was on guard. Before that, a fellow NFL player and childhood friend of Hamlin said there was “no doubt” that Hamlin would make a recovery.
Indianapolis Colts safety Rodney Thomas II drove directly to the Cincinnati hospital where his 24-year-old friend was lying sedated after collapsing on the field early in Monday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals. I went with “I know he was hearing me,” Thomas told reporters Wednesday, adding that he held Hamlin’s hand. , it didn’t matter. He said what he had to say.”
Before news broke that Hamlin was up, Thomas told “CNN This Morning” on Thursday, “Basically (I said) I love him.
After seeing what happened to Hamlin, some players have openly assessed their readiness to play this weekend.The cause of Hamlin’s disease is still unknown cardiac arrestThe NFL’s chief medical officer, Dr. Allen Sills, said Wednesday that the league will investigate the cause.
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow “probably wants to play” in Sunday’s Bengals-Ravens game, but some may not, he told reporters Wednesday.
“If you voted for the locker room, there would be pros and cons,” Burrow said. “Personally, I think it’s going to be tough to play…getting back to normal as soon as possible is personally the way to deal with these things. But…everyone has a different way of dealing with it. increase.”
The Bills, who are set to host the Patriots on Sunday, back to work wednesday We have a meeting and will have the first practice of the week on Thursday. The player was encouraged and emotional when Hamlin’s father, Mario Hamlin, had a Zoom call with the team on Wednesday and said his son was making progress, sources with the Bills organization said Thursday. told CNN.
Thomas, whose Colts will host the Texans on Sunday, said each team “needs to trust everyone to make the best decisions, whether it’s playing or not.”
“As for the players…as a world as a whole, we’re just one heartbeat right now…waiting for Dummer to get healthy,” Thomas told CNN on Thursday.
Hamlin and Thomas, who became close friends as Pittsburgh high school teammates, spoke every day, even on the Monday before Hamlin collapsed. “It’s been pretty calm,” Thomas said Wednesday. We all got him, everybody’s behind him.”
Since his hospitalization, Hamlin has received national support from fans and players across professional sports, including donating over $7 million to his foundation’s Toy Drive. go fund me as of Thursday morning. Several athletes wore Hamlin’s number 3 or his jersey, and the team honored Hamlin through his Jumbotron message and his display of lights at the stadium.
Hamlin went down shortly after a collision in which a Bengals receiver tried to pass Hamlin when he approached for a tackle, with about six minutes remaining in the first quarter of Monday’s game. Hamlin still twisted the receiver to the ground and stood up, but within seconds he fell and was motionless.
His heartbeat recovered on the field, the Bills SaidStunned and visibly emotional players and fans watched as he was ferried out of the stadium in an ambulance. His uncle, Dorian Glenn, told CNN on Tuesday that he was “upside down” at the hospital to do so.
Whenever a player is evacuated from the field, the NFL and its medical experts conduct a thorough investigation into what happened. Said.
In some cases, the medical team may not be able to pinpoint the cause of the problem, Sills said.
Doctors have addressed the theory that the cardiac arrest may have been caused by a heart attack that occurs when severe trauma to the chest disrupts the heart’s electrical charge, causing dangerous fibrillation.
“You have to hit the right type of blow in the right place on the chest with the right amount of force at the right time in the heart cycle. stressed that investigators would consider all options whenever possible.
Sills attributes the medical staff’s “transformative response” when Hamlin collapsed to a “60-minute meeting” held before each game between the medical team and NFL officials. During the meeting, the team will identify the location of medical equipment and nearby medical centers and establish a chain of command in the event of an emergency such as cardiac arrest.
Hamlin’s collapse is the latest in a string of recent tragedies to hit the Buffalo community and its beloved football team. racist shooting and historic snowstorm it’s gone at least 41 dead in Erie County, New York.
A senior official within the Bills organization told CNN’s Coy Wire that he was sobbing and crying after Tuesday’s day and night meetings because of the seriousness of the situation.
A series of difficult blows to Buffalo have been emotionally stacked within the organization, and through it all the team has sought to become a source of strength for the city.
Buffalo Sabers hockey forward Tage Thompson’s performance on Tuesday night was a “beacon of hope” at a time when the team needed inspiration, sources said.
Hamlin’s jersey No. 3 was a recurring motif throughout the game on January 3rd. His three goals for Thompson in extra time gave the Sabers the win. It was Thompson’s third hat-trick of the season and coincidentally scored his third goal in the third minute of extra time.
The Sabers also wore a “Love for 3” T-shirt honoring Hamlin before the game.
Fix: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of Hamlin’s agent Ron Butler.
