A year later, Dallas' Louise Troh talks about how Ebola changed her life
DALLAS -- A year ago, Louise Troh had a job she liked, a cramped apartment filled with family and the anticipation of new and better times with the love of her life on his way to Dallas from Africa. A year after Ebola invaded her home, that’s all gone.
Thomas Eric Duncan got to Dallas from Liberia on Sept. 20. After living with Troh and her family in that tiny apartment for eight days, he was hospitalized and diagnosed with the deadly blood disease that was ravaging his homeland. On Oct. 8, he was dead.
In an interview, Troh ping-pongs between grief and gratitude, memories of her hopes and the crushing reality of her present. A pack of toddlers she cares for during the day — grandchildren and a niece — give her “inspiration and love.”
This week, as the anniversary of Ebola in Dallas approached, every time she saw a photo of Duncan on TV drove a new spike in her heart.
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