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beel11 t1_j2uacj5 wrote

I think the most important question for him is - how quickly did they recognize arrest and start CPR after he collapsed. Also how quickly did they shock him. This plays huge implications for the nfl and what personnel they have on the field. If it was quick, he should be completely fine and back to 100% soon (hopefully). This is assuming it was just pure commotio cordis and nothing else.

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acgasp t1_j2u9gx1 wrote

My husband went into cardiac arrest when he was 21 (yeah, super young, I know) and he was sedated and intubated for at least 24 hours. They tried weaning him off the sedation the day after but he kept fighting the breathing tube, so they kept him on it until he came out of the sedation on his own and then they extubated him.

He turned out perfectly fine, no lasting effects except now he has an implanted defibrillator in his chest in case it ever happens again.

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aflickering t1_j2u3w3k wrote

I CAN'T SPAKE. I CAN'T SPAKE.

Feels like I've been waiting for this day for half my life. So proud of my boy! It's hard to explain to those who don't watch darts all year round just how many agonising disappointments this man has gone through to get to this point. Given that to my mind he is probably one of the top 3 most naturally talented darts players to ever live, his career, while still very good, has been a series of calamitous near misses which unfortunately came to define him and weigh upon him. Many of us always said that if he finally got over the line in a big one, as he did in the grand slam two months ago, the floodgates would open.

Well... here comes the flood.

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