--- title: Ebola: Dallas Nurse Nina Pham Reunites With Dog Bentley description: "I was fearful, because I didn't know what would happen to my best friend," Pham said canonical: https://time.com/3552498/ebola-dallas-nina-pham-dog/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-01T15:56:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:00:23.955Z article:section: Health og:title: Ebola: Dallas Nurse Nina Pham Reunites With Dog Bentley og:description: "I was fearful, because I didn't know what would happen to my best friend," Pham said og:url: https://time.com/3552498/ebola-dallas-nina-pham-dog/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf981036f7e5e48a3/698763d5f887dcba99e87d94/ebola-nurse-dogs-rele_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Nurse Nina Pham is reunited with her dog Bentley og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ebola: Dallas Nurse Nina Pham Reunites With Dog Bentley twitter:description: "I was fearful, because I didn't know what would happen to my best friend," Pham said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf981036f7e5e48a3/698763d5f887dcba99e87d94/ebola-nurse-dogs-rele_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dallas Nurse Who Beat Ebola Gets Her Dog Back ## Video: Does Insurance Cover Ebola? [Watch (HLS stream): Does Insurance Cover Ebola?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5Fw6St3x.m3u8) (2:17)  _Published 2014-10-24. Your chances of getting Ebola in the U.S. are very slim. But if you do, who's footing the bill?_ by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Nov 1, 2014 3:56 PM UTC  Nina Pham holds up her dog Bentley, at Hensley Field in Grand Prairie, Texas, Nov. 1, 2014. Nina Pham holds up her dog Bentley, at Hensley Field in Grand Prairie, Texas, Nov. 1, 2014.Juan Guajardo—AP by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Nov 1, 2014 3:56 PM UTC The Dallas nurse who contracted Ebola and recovered from the deadly disease was [reunited](http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Dallas-Nurse-Nina-Pham-to-Reunite-With-Dog-Bentley-281023852.html) with her dog Saturday. > [](https://twitter.com/dallaspiosana/status/528543864723099648) Nina Pham was diagnosed with Ebola after caring for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first patient diagnosed on U.S. soil, who later died. Her dog, Bentley, had been quarantined at an abandoned Navy base in Dallas in early October after Pham became ill. The dog tested negative after his 21-day quarantine, which is the incubation period for Ebola, the [NBC Dallas affiliate](http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Dallas-Nurse-Nina-Pham-to-Reunite-With-Dog-Bentley-281023852.html) reports. “I was fearful, because I didn’t know what would happen to my best friend,” Pham said Saturday after the tearful reunion. \[[_NBC_](http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Dallas-Nurse-Nina-Pham-to-Reunite-With-Dog-Bentley-281023852.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3552498/ebola-dallas-nina-pham-dog/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3552498/ebola-dallas-nina-pham-dog/"},"headline":"Dallas Nurse Who Beat Ebola Gets Her Dog Back","datePublished":"2014-11-01T15:56:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:00:23.955Z","description":"\"I was fearful, because I didn't know what would happen to my best friend\"","url":"https://time.com/3552498/ebola-dallas-nina-pham-dog/","keywords":["ebola"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf981036f7e5e48a3/698763d5f887dcba99e87d94/ebola-nurse-dogs-rele_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf981036f7e5e48a3/698763d5f887dcba99e87d94/ebola-nurse-dogs-rele_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Nurse Nina Pham is reunited with her dog Bentley","caption":"Nurse Nina Pham is reunited with her dog Bentley","creditText":"Juan Guajardo—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3552498/ebola-dallas-nina-pham-dog/","name":"Dallas Nurse Who Beat Ebola Gets Her Dog Back"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Does Insurance Cover Ebola?","description":"Your chances of getting Ebola in the U.S. are very slim. 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