Damar Hamlin remains in intensive care while Bills teammates prep to take on New England on Sunday

Players on the Buffalo Bills will return to practice today for the first time since Damar Hamlin‘s cardiac arrest on Monday night, as the team will now prepare to take on the New England Patriots on Sunday while the 24-year-old remains in intensive care. 

On Wednesday morning, the Bills tweeted that club officials will ‘hold meetings and a walk through’ with players and staff, though the team will not face the media until at least Thursday.

Other teams in the NFL have also cancelled their media availabilities this week out of respect to Hamlin, including the Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Texans and the Pittsburgh Steelers. 

It remains unclear if the Bills will release any further updates on Hamlin’s condition on Wedneday. 

The Bills safety is still intubated at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Ohio and is showing encouraging signs of recovery, as doctors have lowered the level of oxygen that Hamlin needs from 100 percent to 50 percent.

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The Bills will hold practice for the first time since Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest on Monday

Two days following his cardiac arrest in Cincinnati, Ohio, Harmin remains intubated at hospital

Speaking from outside the hospital on Tuesday, Dorrian Glenn, Hamlin’s uncle, revleaed that his 24-year-old newphew needed to have his heart re-started twice — once on the field, and again after he arrived at the hospital. Glenn also provided those details to other outlets, including ESPN and NFL Network.

‘They were resuscitating him on the field before they brought him in the hospital and then resuscitated him a second time when he got to the hospital,’ Glenn told CNN. ‘I just want to show my gratitude for the medical staff that were on hand because if not for them, my nephew probably wouldn’t even be here.’ 

Glenn said he was watching the game with some relatives in Pittsburgh. He arrived in Cincinnati early Tuesday; the cities are about 300 miles apart. 

‘I never cried so hard in my life,’ Glenn said. ‘Just to know, like, my nephew basically died on the field and they brought him back to life. I mean, it’s just heartbreaking.’ 

The chilling scene of Hamlin’s collapse, which played out in front of a U.S. television audience on ESPN’s ‘Monday Night Football,’ has put the NFL on hold, with the game suspended. 

As of Wednesday, league officials have yet to reschedule the contest.