.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell went back to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summertime of 2022. She left behind the business in 2019 after taking part 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and also she has actually covered the NFL because 2013. You can easily observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and security and also ALS proponent Steve Gleason is dependable and also bouncing back at a regional healthcare facility after a clinical celebration previously today, according to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett said Gleason spiked a fever as well as had remarkably low high blood pressure Wednesday, motivating his doctor to recommend he be taken to a hospital.However, this was after Cyclone Francine, a Type 2 storm, made landfall near Morgan Urban area, Louisiana, with continual winds of almost one hundred miles per hour. Nearly 390,000 residents throughout Louisiana died, and also New Orleans as well as encompassing areas experienced some road flooding.Durrett claimed there was a concern that ambulance as well as 1st -responders would certainly not have the capacity to arrive at Gleason, yet "fortunately, they made it by means of to him at once when Steve's health was weakening."" They quickly supported him and moved him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He stays there and also stable. He's continuing to be alleviated, as well as our company are hopeful Steve will certainly do what Steve does as well as warrior via to get home as promptly as achievable." Gleason's representative X account submitted an update Thursday morning giving thanks to the very first -responders and the hospital for taking care of Gleason.Gleason was diagnosed along with ALS, for which there is actually currently no remedy, in 2011 and currently breathes by means of a ventilator. He corresponds utilizing his eyes by means of a concentrated tablet attached to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew submitted a message coming from him Friday: "ALS is a storm of an ailment. As well as on 9/11 in the middle of Storm Francine, energy interruptions & questionable phone company, storm ALS helped make landfall. Thanks for the strong affection and also assistance coming from each of you. Celebrate this possibility to be vital and also breathing. I enjoy yall - SG." A notification coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Inconceivable" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints unique crews leader that played seven times for New Orleans, is actually most understood on the field for his blocked out punt versus the Atlanta ga Falcons in the Saints' 1st video game back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 following Cyclone Katrina. He is actually right now a supporter for ALS understanding as well as works by means of his non-profit Crew Gleason to give technology, devices and also support companies to others coping with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Tenacity Award in July. He and co-writer Jeff Duncan also lately published Gleason's narrative "A Lifestyle Impossible," which Gleason wrote utilizing his eyes.