Donors Helping Ebola-Quarantined Family Start Over
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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The four people who were quarantined for 21 days in Dallas after their close contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man to be diagnosed and die from Ebola in America, are now free to return to normal activities.
After spending 21 days in quarantine and being monitored several times daily for Ebola symptoms, Duncan's fiancée, Louise Troh, and three others showed no symptoms of the disease. They were housed in a donated Oak Cliff home for most of the three week incubation period, after Troh's apartment was decontaminated and stripped of everything from the drapes to the carpet.
Troh's church, The Wilshire Baptist Church, private donors and the City of Dallas are working together to help Troh and her family start over.
Troh will spend the next week looking for a new place to stay and donors will give her enough money to pay for six months rent and new clothes and personal items. Local charities will also help her obtain furniture, linens, and kitchenware for her new home.
"We thank all people of kindness who have prayed for us during this time, and we join your prayers now for others who are suffering too," she said. "We have lost so much, but we have our lives and we have our faith in God, which always gives us hope," said Troh in a statement.
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