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The Buffalo Bills released a brief update on the status of hospitalized safety Damar Hamlin on Wednesday afternoon, noting that while Hamlin remains in intensive care and in critical condition, he has begun to show signs of improvement overnight and into today.
Damar remains in the ICU in critical condition with signs of improvement noted yesterday and overnight.
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 4, 2023
He is expected to remain under intensive care as his health care team continues to monitor and treat him.
This update follows a similar update from ESPN earlier Wednesday morning, with Hamlin’s friend and marketing representative, Jordan Rooney, noting that overnight readings looked “promising.”
Just chatted with Damar Hamlin’s family friend @jordonr.
— Coley Harvey (@ColeyHarvey) January 4, 2023
Per Jordon and Damar’s family, doctors overnight got promising readings that they had been hoping to see by this morning. Jordon couldn’t go into specifics, but progress appears to be made.
Hamlin, 24, went into cardiac arrest and collapsed following a routine tackle in the first quarter of the Bills’ Monday Night Football matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals less than 48 hours ago. He remains in Cincinnati at UC Medical Center, along with his family, where he has been receiving treatment since being resuscitated on the field of Paycor Stadium and being transported to the hospital by ambulance.
The Bills also announced on Wednesday that the team would be holding meetings and a walkthrough practice today, their first formal football activities since the incident. The Bills are scheduled to host the New England Patriots at 1:00 p.m. EST at Highmark Stadium on Sunday, though that could still be subject to change.
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