babulator Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Hard to put into words how I feel about this news... I suppose that's why we have tears. Go Damar! 8 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephilim17 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 If Damar's recovery continues in the direction it's looking, I'm pretty certain I know who's gonna be the first guy to hold the Lamar Hunt or Lombardi if we get there... It's gonna be fu***** crazy waterworks. Tens of millions of people crying at once. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Can you imagine what it will be like when Damar and that medical team walk onto the field at Highmark Stadium together. Never mind whether Damar's playing or not. WhoDeyNation and BillsMafia are forever tied together. I'm gonna hug the next person I see in Bengals gear, whether they like it or not. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixxxer Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleezoid Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 57 minutes ago, taglientep said: or rocky 2 from Adrian .."WIN" 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Fleezoid said: Adrian = Damar Rocky = Josh Mickey = Sean Edited January 5, 2023 by Chandler#81 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Tindale Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 “There’s one thing I want you to do for me.” ”What’s that?” ”Win. WIN!” Let’s go get it, boys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleezoid Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said: Adrian = Damar Rocky = Josh Mickey = Mick We're gonna eat lightning, and crap thunder!! 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal BF Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 “Who won” is one of his first questions?!?!?!? HOLY CRAP!!!! Damar Hamlin is a FIGHTER and a WINNER!!!!! From the NY Times.... Quote The doctors treating N.F.L. safety Damar Hamlin said Thursday that he was “awake and breathing,” and was able to communicate by writing with pen and paper on Wednesday night, and asked who won the game between the Bills and Bengals where he had a cardiac arrest. The University of Cincinnati Medical Center doctors, Timothy A. Pritts and William Knight, told reporters during a news conference on Thursday that the communication was a positive sign. Pritts said Hamlin was moving his hands and feet, but Knight said it was “truly too early” to determine whether Hamlin might make a full recovery and perhaps return to professional football. “We know that he’s home and that appears that all cylinders are firing within his brain,” Pritts said. “Which is greatly gratifying for all of us for the nurses and respiratory therapists and caregivers as for his family and for everybody else beyond.” Knight and Pritts repeatedly thanked the Bills and Bengals medical staff for how quickly they provided aid to Hamlin, which they said saved his neurological function. But, Knight said, it was too early to tell whether Hamlin would regain finer motor function and that things like cognition, motion, speech and language would need to be assessed in the future. “While still critically ill, he has demonstrated that he appears to be neurologically intact. His lungs continue to heal and he is making steady progress,” the Bills said on Thursday morning. Does anyone doubt that the Buffalo Bills Family are going to play their hearts out for their warrior brother!?!?!?!? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) Toy fund now over $7, 340,000! Be good this year, kids. Santa is already loading up the sleigh! Edited January 5, 2023 by Chandler#81 2 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyobills89 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 This is such great news! I was worried about the brain and if it had activity. Just so tearful full of joy! Let's go Darmar and the buffalo bills! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loyal BF Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 The stellar training and readiness of the Bills trainers and doctors on the filed saved this young man’s life. What an amazing, uplifting story. And the universal outpouring of support from the whole world gives me hope for humankind. As of this moment, Chasing M’s Foundation is up to $7,349,950. 4 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said: Toy fund now over $7, 340,000! Be good this year, kids. Santa is already loading up the sleigh! Haha. You beat me to the punch.....you posted this while I was typing. And the total goes up every minute....now $7,353,820!! 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figster Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said: Toy fund now over $7, 340,000! Be good this year, kids. Santa is already loading up the sleigh! Can you imagine over 7 million dollars worth of Christmas gifts/ toys and Damar personally handing the toys out to the kids dressed up as Santa. Lol, it might take awhile... Edited January 5, 2023 by Figster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGFOOTspaceman Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Not to be the materialistic weasel of the group, but....Is anyone else fighting the urge to dream up scenarios on what a amazingly triumphant story it would be for the Bills to win the SB. I know I am. Trying to manage expectations. Tops Massacre Matt Araiza being released Dawsons brother Micah Hyde - done Von Miller - done Two historic deadly snowstorms Damar Hamlin If anyone needs this, it's the people of Buffalo 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyal2dagame Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Beck Water Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Tenhigh said: That should easily be voted the best Zoom call ever. PR and media relations management is normally not something they teach in medical school I thought those two physicians did an INCREDIBLE job. They were very generous in recognizing the Bills physicians and trainers, gently emphasizing the impact of immediate bystander CPR and defibrillation on a positive outcome, and also firm but clear on refusing to provide details of exact timing of the arrest/resuscitation that remains to be reviewed, or detailed results of medical tests that are nobody's business but his family's Trying to summarize some notes I took: Initial response: 1. initially had pulse when trainers reached him, pulse disappeared under their initial care 2. had one round of CPR and one round of defibrillation to restore a pulse (ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation) 3. had a "textbook" EMS response including airway maintenance and intubation prior to transport to hospital 4. no details about why/how long the ambulance remained in the tunnel, but did share that Hamlin was intubated and had airway maintenance prep once he was inside the ambulance. 5. no tracheostomy (hole in the throat to insert a breathing tube, this would be done if there were an object lodged in upper airway or if there were neck trauma where swelling would threaten the airway). 6. no broken jaw. 7. was sedated, placed on ventilator and placed in prone position due to ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) which was explained as an inflammatory response interfering with gas exchange in the lungs. 8. hypothermia protocol was used Current status: 1. Still on ventilator with breathing tube in place, so can not speak. 2. Is communicating by moving shaking head or nodding (important detail - means they aren't worried about neck injury), by squeezing hands, and by writing on paper on clipboard. 3. He asked early on who won the game? Doctor said they told him "you did, Damar, you won the game of Life". 4. Parents and family and members of the Buffalo Bills staff are with him 5. Said he's been holding lots of peoples' hands - he's held doctor's hand, family, Bills 6. They can very much feel the prayers and the well wishes surrounding Damar and his family. 7. Said his family is wonderful and they wish everyone had a family like that. 8. Said Damar has been told he's got a lot of toys to buy when he gets out of hospital Next steps: 1. Focus is on improving his respiration and restoring his ability to breathe without the ventilator 2. Asked if Commotio Cordis was the cause of his cardiac arrest. Explained that Commotio Cordis is a "diagnosis of exclusion" and they will be conducting further tests to rule out other causes of sudden cardiac arrest before that diagnosis would be made. 3. Asked about concussion. They explained that no head injury detected, but concussion is a neurological diagnosis and since he's been sedated on a ventilator that evaluation could not be made. 4. Asked several times about what the best outcome would be, and what kind of rehab he would need or timeline. Said the best outcome would be to return to the state he was in at 8 pm Monday night (didn't sound as though they rule that out) but it's too soon to tell what kind of rehab would be needed or what the timeline would be Hope this is helpful to anyone who didn't have time to listen to the whole thing. Edited January 5, 2023 by Beck Water 5 4 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Somebody in his family should apply for a copyright for Did We Win? shirts 3 3 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethro_tull Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) amazing news!!!!! thank you allmighty God. can you imagine waking up to a world where everyone now knows your name?! who won the game? what happened while I was out? uh Damar, just a little....... WOW! God Bless you Damar Hamlin! Edited January 5, 2023 by jethro_tull 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brand J Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Those doctors were awesome in their detailed response to the questions, even with HIPPA concerns. I learn a lot less from a McDermott presser with softer questions 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Beck Water Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, JayBaller10 said: Those doctors were awesome in their detailed response to the questions, even with HIPPA concerns. I learn a lot less from a McDermott presser with softer questions 😂 There aren't HIPAA concerns because the family requested the press conference and authorized the doctors to speak. It sounded as though there were agreed-on boundaries before the conference, and the doctors (I thought) did a great job of gently smacking down questions that went too far. I actually was kind of flabbergasted by the level of medical detail a couple of physicians who got on the call requested. They want to know the ejection volume***, what's next, the size in inches? ***yes, yes, I understand what they're actually asking for, but I haven't been able to make a joke for 3 days, work with me Edited January 5, 2023 by Beck Water 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finn Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Starr Almighty said: https://www.allareacodes.com/513 I didn't know myself but assumed area code since it was 3 digits and I was right I assumed the 3 referred to Damar's number and the 51 to someone else, but it belongs to a backup linebacker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 13 minutes ago, BIGFOOTspaceman said: Not to be the materialistic weasel of the group, but....Is anyone else fighting the urge to dream up scenarios on what a amazingly triumphant story it would be for the Bills to win the SB. I know I am. Trying to manage expectations. Tops Massacre Matt Araiza being released Dawsons brother Micah Hyde - done Von Miller - done Two historic deadly snowstorms Damar Hamlin If anyone needs this, it's the people of Buffalo Araiza being released was a blessing. take it off your list of tragedies... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Almighty Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 42 minutes ago, Nephilim17 said: If Damar's recovery continues in the direction it's looking, I'm pretty certain I know who's gonna be the first guy to hold the Lamar Hunt or Lombardi if we get there... It's gonna be fu***** crazy waterworks. Tens of millions of people crying at once. If he recovers how we all hope we have already won. No matter what happens in the games 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishRifle Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 7 minutes ago, Beck Water said: Hope this is helpful to anyone who didn't have time to listen to the whole thing. Very helpful! Thank you @Beck Water 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconator Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, finn said: I assumed the 3 referred to Damar's number and the 51 to someone else, but it belongs to a backup linebacker. It's Cincinnati's area code 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCofNC Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Really happy to hear he is making great progress. I hope he is able to make a complete recovery and be back on the field (if that’s what he wants to do). Such a scary incident and he has so much life to live, go get ‘em #3! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taglientep Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 41 minutes ago, Fleezoid said: Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Hamlin almost dies and the first thing he wants to know when he regains consciousness is: Did we win? This should be our rallying cry for the rest of the season. If someone puts this on a tee, I’m buying it. I hope and pray the team gives Damar a series of positive responses! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Just now, Draconator said: Araiza, Hyde, and Miller, unfortunate but not tragedies. Kim Pegula and the silence around her condition, that's a tragedy. I was just going to post a wish. With all the prayers and well wishes I'm still holding onto hope that Damar AND Kim can host a Lombardi. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Cheney Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 3 1 25 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 And this is the exact mindset why 99% of players are not going to blink an eye at returning to play they spent their entire lives to become pro ball players … Hamlin is a football player Of course his first question when he wakes up isnt how the stock market is doing… It’s if they won 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Beck Water Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 little article from Sal https://www.audacy.com/wgr550/sports/bills/doctors-hamlin-making-substantial-improvement?utm_campaign=sharebutton&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=WGRAM I actually think it would be super-cool to have a t-shirt with a photo of Hamlin in his jersey and the caption: "There's gonna be a lot of toys for him to buy" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starrymessenger Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Docs at UC medical Center say upon regaining consciousness last night Damar asked who won the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BillsFanSD Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 A bunch of keyboard warriors spent the last couple of days scolding people over caring about football. Meanwhile the first thing the injured player asks about is football. 1 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGFOOTspaceman Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 12 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said: Araiza being released was a blessing. take it off your list of tragedies... Just another piece of the adversity the Bills went through this year. It could be on, or off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBatty is alive Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, Dick_Cheney said: Great to see Tre back with his trademark smile! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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