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Buffalo Bills Player Damar Hamlin Shows Signs of Improvement
The Buffalo Bills are sharing a promising update astir Damar Hamlin's health.
Two days aft the NFL prima was hospitalized aft going into cardiac arrest portion connected the tract during a Jan. 2 crippled against the Cincinnati Bengals, his squad released a connection detailing the safety's condition.
"Damar remains successful the ICU successful captious information with signs of betterment noted yesterday and overnight," the Buffalo Bills tweeted connected Jan. 4. "He is expected to stay nether intensive attraction arsenic his wellness attraction squad continues to show and dainty him."
The societal media station comes a time aft the athlete's uncle Dorrian Glenn shared the Hamlin—who is presently hospitalized astatine at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center—had been enactment connected a ventilator. While Glenn initially told CNN Jan. 3 that Hamlin had been resuscitated twice, Jordon Rooney, a selling rep and person who says he's spokesperson for the family, clarified to NBC News connected Jan. 4 that Hamlin's uncle misspoke and the 24-year-old was connected resuscitated once—while connected the tract astatine Paycor Stadium.
However, Glenn went connected to enactment that the household is present hoping they volition beryllium capable to instrumentality Hamlin disconnected the ventilator erstwhile helium begins breathing connected his own.
"They sedated him conscionable to springiness a amended accidental for him to conscionable proceed to heal better," he explained. "We are conscionable taking it time by day. It seems similar he's trending upwards successful a affirmative way."
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During the match, onlookers watched medical staff rush to administer CPR for implicit 10 minutes with his teammates visibly affectional as they surrounded him.
An hr aft his collapse, the NFL made the determination to postpone the game.
