.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell returned to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summertime of 2022. She left behind the provider in 2019 after joining in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has covered the NFL because 2013. You may observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints protection and ALS advocate Steve Gleason is actually dependable and recuperating at a regional medical center after a health care celebration earlier today, according to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett claimed Gleason spiked a fever as well as had extremely reduced blood pressure Wednesday, prompting his medical professional to propose he be actually taken to a hospital.However, this sought Hurricane Francine, a Classification 2 hurricane, brought in landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, along with continual winds of almost one hundred mph. Nearly 390,000 homeowners across Louisiana died, and New Orleans as well as neighboring regions experienced some road flooding.Durrett claimed there was a concern that ambulance as well as very first -responders will certainly not have the capacity to hit Gleason, but "luckily, they created it with to him each time when Steve's health was actually degrading."" They instantly stabilized him and transported him to Ochsner," Durrett stated. "He stays there and stable. He is actually remaining to be actually dealt with, as well as our team are actually confident Steve is going to perform what Steve does and warrior through to receive home as quickly as possible." Gleason's authorities X account uploaded an upgrade Thursday morning thanking the initial -responders and the medical facility for looking after Gleason.Gleason was actually detected along with ALS, for which there is currently no treatment, in 2011 as well as right now takes a breath through a ventilator. He communicates using his eyes using a specialized tablet attached to his wheelchair.Gleason's staff published a message coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a storm of a health condition. As well as on 9/11 in the midst of Hurricane Francine, power outages & sketchy phone service, cyclone ALS created landfall. Thanks for the effective love and also support coming from each one of you. Commemorate this chance to become vital as well as breathing. I love yall - SG." A notification from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Inconceivable" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints exclusive staffs captain who participated in 7 times for New Orleans, is actually very most understood on the field for his obstructed punt against the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' first game back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 following Storm Katrina. He is actually currently a proponent for ALS understanding and also works via his non-profit Group Gleason to supply modern technology, tools as well as support solutions to others living with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Courage Award in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally lately released Gleason's memoir "A Lifestyle Impossible," which Gleason wrote utilizing his eyes.