Damar Hamlin was released from a hospital in Cincinnati this Monday, a week after suffering cardiac arrest during a North American Football League (NFL) game. He returned to Buffalo to continue his recovery.
The Buffalo Bills “safety,” who went into cardiac arrest on the field, was discharged from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and traveled to Buffalo, where he will remain in the hospital to continue his recovery.
The doctors who accompanied him said that Hamlin can already walk on his own, eat normally and is undergoing physical therapy.
Went home to Buffalo today with much love in my heart.
It was a really great feeling to see the world come together around me on Sunday.
The same love you all showed me is the same love I don’t want to put out into the world anymore.
Bigger than football!
– (@HamlinIsland) January 9, 2023
On January 2, Damar Hamlin was hospitalized in “critical condition” after collapsing on the field in a North American League (NFL) game against the Bengals.
During the first quarter of the game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Damar Hamlin, age 24, collided with an opponent, got to his feet, but fell to the field right after.
Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest following a collision during the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals. His heartbeat was restored while on the field and he was transported to the University of Cincinnati Hospital for further testing and treatment. He is sedated and in critical condition.” condition,” the team said in a statement.
Players from both teams knelt beside Hamlin as he was assisted onto the pitch, with the game first abandoned and later postponed.
After a great recovery, Hamlin was able to breathe on his own again on Friday and when he was able to communicate again, he asked if the team had won the game.
Source: DN
