.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell returned to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summer months of 2022. She left behind the firm in 2019 after participating 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a graduate of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, as well as she has actually dealt with the NFL given that 2013. You can easily comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints protection and ALS advocate Steve Gleason is steady as well as recuperating at a nearby healthcare facility after a medical celebration earlier recently, according to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett stated Gleason spiked a fever and also had very low high blood pressure Wednesday, triggering his doctor to suggest he be actually taken to a hospital.However, this wanted Typhoon Francine, a Type 2 storm, made landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of practically one hundred miles per hour. Nearly 390,000 locals all over Louisiana died, as well as New Orleans and also surrounding regions experienced some road flooding.Durrett pointed out there was a worry that EMS and also 1st -responders would certainly certainly not have the capacity to arrive at Gleason, but "fortunately, they created it through to him at once when Steve's wellness was actually falling apart."" They promptly maintained him and delivered him to Ochsner," Durrett pointed out. "He remains there as well as dependable. He's continuing to be actually treated, and we are hopeful Steve will perform what Steve performs and fighter by means of to obtain home as promptly as possible." Gleason's official X account published an update Thursday morning giving thanks to the very first -responders and also the medical center for dealing with Gleason.Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, for which there is actually currently no treatment, in 2011 and right now inhales with a ventilator. He interacts utilizing his eyes using a focused tablet computer affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's team posted an information coming from him Friday: "ALS is a storm of an illness. As well as on 9/11 in the middle of Cyclone Francine, energy interruptions & skimpy phone service, storm ALS helped make landfall. Thanks for the effective passion as well as help from each one of you. Commemorate this opportunity to be dynamic as well as breathing. I enjoy yall - SG." A notification from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a former Saints unique crews captain who played 7 times for New Orleans, is most known on the field for his shut out punt against the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' initial game back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 observing Storm Katrina. He is actually now a proponent for ALS understanding as well as operates through his non-profit Crew Gleason to offer modern technology, equipment and help services to others coping with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Courage Honor in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally recently published Gleason's memoir "A Life Impossible," which Gleason composed using his eyes.