After weeks in isolation recovering from Ebola, Dallas nurse Nina Pham thanked everyone who cared for her and mentioned that she was finally be going home to her dog, Bentley.
Pham walked out of the National Institutes of Health's hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, this morning to a round of applause.
"I feel fortunate and blessed to be standing here today," she told reporters, adding that she hopes for privacy when she returns to her "normal life" in Texas.
Pham, 26, contracted Ebola from Liberian national Thomas Duncan, who flew to the United States in September and was diagnosed with Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.
Pham, a nurse there, cared for Duncan when he was especially contagious. He died on Oct. 8, and she tested positive for the deadly virus on Oct. 11.
It was the first Ebola transmission on U.S. soil.
"I am on my way back to recovery even as I reflect on others who have not been so fortunate," Pham said, reading from her prepared statement at the press conference.
5 comments:
congrats to the 2 nurse...
Love americans the way they acknowledge God in all things
glad shes ok
Aww thank God, beautiful lady....but still need to know how they are all surviving, but the Liberian man died, hmm Americans sha
Ok I'm sure the dog is equally happy she's back
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