Kent Brantly

“My wife Amber and I, along with our two children, did not move to Liberia for the specific purpose of fighting Ebola.”

“Even with the bad news, I felt calm. I never shed a tear when I called my wife and said, 'Amber, my test is positive. I have Ebola.'”

“Pray for the people of West Africa. You cannot be apathetic towards people for whom you are earnestly praying.”

“I wasn't afraid of treating Ebola patients in the isolation unit. That was the safest job. But seeing patients in the clinic, seeing patients in the emergency room, being in the community -...”

“Just like medicine anywhere else, I get to walk through life with people in the midst sometimes of their most difficult and challenging circumstances they've faced - a terminal diagnosis, ba...”

“My 4-year-old son prays every night for his best friend who is the same age - our next door neighbor in Liberia, a little Liberian boy: 'Dear God, please don't let him get Ebola.' I'm proud...”

“In theory, and I think in practice, I am immune to the strain of Ebola that I was infected with. But there are five different strains of Ebola.”