Condition Of Spanish Nurse With Ebola Worsens Thursday: Officials

[Purveyor]

Thursday, October 9, 2014, 10:50 AM

A day after her dog was put down for fear of contracting Ebola, the health of the Spanish nurse being treated for the deadly disease worsened, a hospital official said Thursday.

Teresa Romero Ramos, 44, helped care for two missionaries with Ebola who died from the disease.

“Her clinical situation has gotten worse but I cannot give any more information because that has been the expressed wish of the patient,” said Yolanda Fuentes, deputy medical director of La Paz-Carlos III Hospital in Madrid.

Her beloved dog, Excalibur, was euthanized Wednesday as a precautionary measure by medical officials amid a surge of protests from animal lovers.

Doctors in Madrid have also isolated five other people and are monitoring dozens more, according to AFP.

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[seabeyond]

1. this is the point of the disease. how fatal it is, once gotten. maybe not that easy to get.

but, once a person gets it, the odds do not seem to be in their favor. yes.... some pull thru. again. the odds are not in favor that. this is such a world event to learn from.

[catbyte]

2. Assholes. If dogs were carriers, wouldn't they've noticed a little

thing like that by now? I certainly hope they don't tell her the despicable thing they did to her dog--she just might stop fighting to live.