Ebola survivor Nina Pham to be reunited with her dog
Ebola survivor Nina Pham will soon be reunited with her dog, which has been sequestered since the Dallas nurse became ill.
The Cavalier King Charles spaniel named Bentley is in quarantine at an abandoned Navy base in Dallas.
Pham was diagnosed with Ebola this month after caring for a Liberian man, Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with the deadly virus on U.S. soil. Duncan died at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas on Oct. 8.
Dallas spokeswoman Sana Syed said Thursday that Bentley had tested negative for Ebola and that his 21-day quarantine — the Ebola incubation period — ends Saturday.
Pham, 26, was treated at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., and released on Oct. 24.
Syed says Pham won’t visit her dog sooner because he may become anxious if he sees her but is then left behind in isolation.
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