.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Personnel 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 business in 2019 after participating in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU as well as a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and also she has actually covered the NFL due to the fact that 2013. You can easily adhere to Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and ALS proponent Steve Gleason is dependable as well as bouncing back at a neighborhood healthcare facility after a medical activity earlier this week, according to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett mentioned Gleason increased a fever and also possessed incredibly low blood pressure Wednesday, cuing his medical professional to propose he be actually taken to a hospital.However, this was after Typhoon Francine, a Category 2 storm, brought in landfall near Morgan Area, Louisiana, with continual winds of almost one hundred mph. Virtually 390,000 citizens throughout Louisiana died, and also New Orleans and also surrounding regions experienced some road flooding.Durrett mentioned there was actually a problem that ambulance and also very first responders would certainly certainly not have the capacity to get to Gleason, yet "thankfully, they created it by means of to him at once when Steve's wellness was deteriorating."" They right away maintained him as well as transferred him to Ochsner," Durrett mentioned. "He stays there and also stable. He is actually remaining to be actually managed, and our experts are enthusiastic Steve will do what Steve carries out and warrior through to obtain home as swiftly as possible." Gleason's official X account submitted an upgrade Thursday morning saying thanks to the 1st -responders as well as the hospital for caring for Gleason.Gleason was identified along with ALS, for which there is presently no treatment, in 2011 and right now takes a breath through a ventilator. He corresponds utilizing his eyes using a focused tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's staff uploaded an information from him Friday: "ALS is a cyclone of a health condition. And on 9/11 in the middle of Storm Francine, power failures & skimpy phone company, cyclone ALS created landfall. Thank you for the highly effective affection as well as support coming from every one of you. Commemorate this opportunity to be dynamic and also breathing. I love yall - SG." A message from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints exclusive staffs leader who played seven periods for New Orleans, is actually very most understood on the area for his shut out punt against the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' initial game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 observing Hurricane Katrina. He is actually now a supporter for ALS awareness as well as functions using his not-for-profit Staff Gleason to provide modern technology, tools and also assistance solutions to others dealing with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Courage Award in July. He and co-writer Jeff Duncan also just recently released Gleason's memoir "A Lifestyle Difficult," which Gleason wrote using his eyes.