NFL player Damar Hamlin, who is recovering from cardiac arrest in the hospital, has already been able to breathe without a ventilator. The player has also spoken for the first time after the shocking situation.
Rear defender Damar Hamlin’s the heart stopped Finnish time on Tuesday morning in the American football NFL league match. The Buffalo Bills player was treated on the field and then rushed to the hospital.
There has been encouraging news from the hospital during the week, which the Bills have updated on the club’s Twitter page. On Friday evening, Finnish time, the Bills announced that Hamlin has been removed from the ventilator, and the player has spoken with his family and the medical staff.
The Bills said Hamlin attended the team meeting remotely. This is how he was able to talk to the players and coaches.
“I love you guys,” the club says on its Twitter account that Hamlin said at the meeting.
The game between the Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals was suspended on Tuesday after Hamlin took the field short. Hamlin was injured while tackling the Bengals Make a Higgins. Hamlin immediately got up, but soon collapsed back to the ground. He was in the hospital for a long time in critical condition.
After the shocking incident, numerous NFL players and famous athletes showed Hamlin their support.
– Pray for our brother, Bills quarterback Josh Allen wrote on Twitter.
Also a basketball star, and one of the sport’s all-time greats, Lebron James showed his support for the player and his loved ones.
Doctors at the hospital announced on Thursday that the 24-year-old player has recovered at a great speed. By Wednesday, he had been able to communicate by writing. Hamlin, who was on a ventilator, was still unable to speak.
– He still has many, many steps to take in his recovery, the American website The Athletic says the doctor at the Cincinnati hospital by Timothy Pritts having said.
According to the doctor, the next steps in recovery are for Hamlin to breathe completely on his own without a ventilator, after which he is expected to be ready to be transferred home.
The cause of Hamlin’s cardiac arrest is still under investigation. Doctors said it is still too early to judge whether Hamlin will be able to continue his career.