.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell went back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summertime of 2022. She left behind the business in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a grad of LSU as well as a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and also she has actually dealt with the NFL since 2013. You may follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and security as well as ALS advocate Steve Gleason is dependable as well as recovering at a regional medical facility after a medical activity previously this week, depending on to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett mentioned Gleason spiked a fever and also possessed exceptionally low blood pressure Wednesday, prompting his physician to recommend he be actually required to a hospital.However, this sought Cyclone Francine, a Category 2 hurricane, created landfall near Morgan Area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of just about 100 miles per hour. Almost 390,000 residents across Louisiana died, and also New Orleans as well as neighboring locations experienced some road flooding.Durrett said there was actually a concern that EMS and initial responders would certainly not have the capacity to hit Gleason, but "fortunately, they made it with to him at a time when Steve's health and wellness was actually weakening."" They right away stabilized him as well as transferred him to Ochsner," Durrett pointed out. "He remains there and steady. He's continuing to be dealt with, and our experts are hopeful Steve will certainly do what Steve performs and soldier through to receive home as promptly as achievable." Gleason's representative X account submitted an upgrade Thursday early morning thanking the 1st responders and the healthcare facility for taking care of Gleason.Gleason was diagnosed along with ALS, for which there is actually presently no treatment, in 2011 as well as right now takes a breath through a ventilator. He interacts using his eyes using a concentrated tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's staff posted an information from him Friday: "ALS is a typhoon of a disease. And also on 9/11 in the middle of Storm Francine, electrical power interruptions & questionable phone company, cyclone ALS produced landfall. Thanks for the highly effective passion and also support from all of you. Celebrate this possibility to become vital as well as breathing. I like yall - SG." An information coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints exclusive teams captain that played 7 times for New Orleans, is very most known on the industry for his blocked punt against the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' first activity back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 complying with Hurricane Katrina. He is actually right now an advocate for ALS understanding and operates through his nonprofit Group Gleason to provide technology, devices and also help solutions to others living with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Nerve Honor in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan also recently published Gleason's narrative "A Life Impossible," which Gleason created utilizing his eyes.