.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer season of 2022. She left behind the provider in 2019 after joining in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a graduate of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, as well as she has covered the NFL since 2013. You can easily comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints protection and also ALS proponent Steve Gleason is steady and recuperating at a local medical center after a health care occasion previously recently, depending on to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett stated Gleason spiked a fever and possessed remarkably low high blood pressure Wednesday, cuing his medical professional to recommend he be actually needed to a hospital.However, this was after Storm Francine, a Classification 2 tornado, made landfall near Morgan City, Louisiana, along with continual winds of nearly one hundred miles per hour. Virtually 390,000 individuals around Louisiana died, and New Orleans and also encompassing locations experienced some road flooding.Durrett mentioned there was actually a problem that EMS as well as very first responders would certainly certainly not have the capacity to get to Gleason, yet "the good news is, they made it via to him at once when Steve's health was actually deteriorating."" They instantly maintained him as well as delivered him to Ochsner," Durrett said. "He stays there and also steady. He is actually continuing to be actually addressed, as well as our company are hopeful Steve is going to perform what Steve carries out as well as enthusiast via to get home as swiftly as possible." Gleason's official X profile uploaded an upgrade Thursday early morning saying thanks to the initial -responders as well as the health center for caring for Gleason.Gleason was actually diagnosed with ALS, for which there is actually currently no treatment, in 2011 and now inhales through a ventilator. He connects utilizing his eyes by means of a concentrated tablet affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's team posted a message from him Friday: "ALS is a typhoon of a disease. As well as on 9/11 in the midst of Storm Francine, electrical power blackouts & sketchy phone company, cyclone ALS produced landfall. Thanks for the powerful affection as well as support coming from each of you. Commemorate this possibility to become viable and also breathing. I enjoy yall - SG." An information coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a former Saints unique teams leader who played 7 periods for New Orleans, is most recognized on the industry for his blocked out punting against the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' initial video game back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 complying with Cyclone Katrina. He is right now a supporter for ALS recognition as well as functions using his non-profit Group Gleason to deliver technology, devices and support companies to others dealing with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Nerve Honor in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan also recently published Gleason's narrative "A Life Difficult," which Gleason composed using his eyes.