--- title: Ebola Patient: 'I Am Growing Stronger Every Day' description: Kent Brantly, one of two Americans being treated for the deadly ebola Ebola in Atlanta, said he is "growing stronger every day." canonical: https://time.com/3093987/ebola-patient/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-08T20:16:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:35.153Z article:section: Health og:title: Ebola Patient: 'I Am Growing Stronger Every Day' og:description: Kent Brantly, one of two Americans being treated for the deadly ebola Ebola in Atlanta, said he is "growing stronger every day." og:url: https://time.com/3093987/ebola-patient/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ebola Patient: 'I Am Growing Stronger Every Day' twitter:description: Kent Brantly, one of two Americans being treated for the deadly ebola Ebola in Atlanta, said he is "growing stronger every day." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ebola Patient in U.S.: 'I Am Growing Stronger Every Day' ## Video: CDC Issues Highest Level Alert for Ebola: Here’s What You Need to Know [Watch (HLS stream): CDC Issues Highest Level Alert for Ebola: Here’s What You Need to Know](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/aK245YiE.m3u8) (1:16)  _Published 2014-08-08. The CDC’s “level 1 activation” is reserved for the most serious public health emergencies_  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 8, 2014 8:16 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 8, 2014 8:16 PM UTC Kent Brantly, one of two Americans being treated for the deadly Ebola virus in Atlanta, said in a Friday [statement](http://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/dr-kent-brantly-statement/) that he is “growing stronger every day.” In the message, released by international relief agency Samaritan’s Purse, Brantly also thanked God for aiding his recovery. Brantly’s words come six days after he arrived in the United States from Liberia, where he was working as a doctor in a post-residency program. “I am writing this update from my isolation room at Emory University Hospital, where the doctors and nurses are providing the very best care possible,” Brantly’s statement reads. “I am growing stronger every day, and I thank God for His mercy as I have wrestled with this terrible disease.” The Ebola virus has killed more than 900 people in West Africa. On Friday, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak an international health emergency. 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