.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell went back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer months of 2022. She left the firm in 2019 after participating 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a grad of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, as well as she has dealt with the NFL given that 2013. You may comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and security and also ALS proponent Steve Gleason is dependable as well as recouping at a local medical center after a health care celebration previously today, depending on to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett pointed out Gleason spiked a fever and also possessed very low high blood pressure Wednesday, cuing his physician to propose he be actually needed to a hospital.However, this wanted Storm Francine, a Group 2 storm, created landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of virtually 100 miles per hour. Virtually 390,000 residents all over Louisiana died, and also New Orleans as well as bordering regions experienced some street flooding.Durrett said there was a concern that EMS as well as 1st -responders would certainly not have the capacity to reach Gleason, yet "luckily, they made it with to him at once when Steve's wellness was deteriorating."" They instantly stabilized him and also moved him to Ochsner," Durrett mentioned. "He remains there and also steady. He's continuing to be actually handled, and our team are enthusiastic Steve will definitely do what Steve performs and warrior through to receive home as quickly as feasible." Gleason's representative X profile published an upgrade Thursday morning saying thanks to the 1st -responders and the medical facility for caring for Gleason.Gleason was actually diagnosed with ALS, for which there is actually presently no cure, in 2011 and also currently breathes via a ventilator. He connects using his eyes through a focused tablet affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's team posted a notification coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a typhoon of a health condition. And also on 9/11 in the midst of Hurricane Francine, energy blackouts & skimpy phone service, storm ALS helped make landfall. Thanks for the effective passion and support from all of you. Commemorate this odds to be dynamic and also breathing. I really love yall - SG." A message coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints unique teams captain that played seven seasons for New Orleans, is most understood on the industry for his obstructed punt versus the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' very first activity back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 observing Cyclone Katrina. He is currently a proponent for ALS recognition and works using his not-for-profit Staff Gleason to offer modern technology, equipment and assistance services to others dealing with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Award in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally lately posted Gleason's narrative "A Lifestyle Difficult," which Gleason wrote utilizing his eyes.