.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell went back to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summer months of 2022. She left the business in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a grad of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, as well as she has actually dealt with the NFL due to the fact that 2013. You may follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints protection as well as ALS supporter Steve Gleason is stable and recuperating at a local area medical center after a health care occasion previously this week, according to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett pointed out Gleason increased a fever and had very reduced high blood pressure Wednesday, motivating his medical doctor to advise he be taken to a hospital.However, this was after Storm Francine, a Category 2 storm, created landfall near Morgan Urban area, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of just about one hundred mph. Nearly 390,000 locals all over Louisiana lost power, and New Orleans as well as encompassing locations experienced some street flooding.Durrett pointed out there was a problem that ambulance as well as very first responders will certainly not manage to reach Gleason, but "the good news is, they created it with to him at once when Steve's health and wellness was actually wearing away."" They right away stabilized him and moved him to Ochsner," Durrett said. "He continues to be there as well as steady. He's continuing to be addressed, as well as we are actually hopeful Steve will definitely perform what Steve carries out as well as fighter by means of to obtain home as quickly as achievable." Gleason's official X account posted an update Thursday morning thanking the very first -responders and also the healthcare facility for caring for Gleason.Gleason was actually diagnosed with ALS, for which there is actually presently no treatment, in 2011 and also now breathes by means of a ventilator. He interacts utilizing his eyes using a focused tablet connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's group posted a notification from him Friday: "ALS is actually a cyclone of an ailment. As well as on 9/11 in the midst of Hurricane Francine, electrical power interruptions & skimpy phone company, storm ALS created landfall. Thank you for the highly effective love and support coming from every one of you. Commemorate this opportunity to become viable and also breathing. I enjoy yall - SG." A message coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints special teams leader that participated in seven periods for New Orleans, is most understood on the industry for his blocked punt versus the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' 1st game back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 observing Storm Katrina. He is actually currently a supporter for ALS understanding as well as functions by means of his non-profit Staff Gleason to deliver modern technology, tools and help solutions to others living with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Award in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise lately posted Gleason's memoir "A Life Difficult," which Gleason wrote utilizing his eyes.