macOS Ventura 13.5.2 update now my LaCie Rugged ejects or doesn't connect

I have 2 LaCie Rugged portable hard drives which were working perfectly fine until I did the Ventura 13.5.2 update on my 13" 2017 MacBook Pro - Intel Processor. All of a sudden my first drive started repeatedly ejecting for no reason. I feared the drive might be going bad so I backed it all up to a second identical model LaCie drive. It was working ok for a day and suddenly yesterday everything froze and my MacBook Pro won't recognize it anymore. Doesn't show on my desktop, Finder, or via Disk Utility. It does show under Hardware>USB in System Information but I can't access it to do anything. I've tried multiple different cords with no change. I don't have a second computer to try it on. Panicking because I have quite a few photoshoots lined up in the next month and one in process. I can't afford to not have working equipment.

I'm guessing it has something to do with the update because they were working fine prior to the update so praying the drive and all the data on it are still ok. Anyone else having this issue with the Ventura 13.5.2 update?