--- description: "I was fearful, because I didn't know what would happen to my best friend," Pham said title: Ebola: Dallas Nurse Nina Pham Reunites With Dog Bentley image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf981036f7e5e48a3/698763d5f887dcba99e87d94/ebola-nurse-dogs-rele_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [ebola](/tag/ebola/) ## ebola Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Dallas Nurse Who Beat Ebola Gets Her Dog Back by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 1, 2014 3:56 PM CUT  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](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 1, 2014 3:56 PM CUT 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 "undefined") 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 "undefined") reports. “I was fearful, because I didn’t know what would happen to my best friend,” Pham said Saturday after the tearful reunion. \[[_NBC_](http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Dallas-Nurse-Nina-Pham-to-Reunite-With-Dog-Bentley-281023852.html "undefined")\] ```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":"2026-02-21T11:10:01.321Z","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. But if you do, who's footing the bill?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/5Fw6St3x/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-24T18:50:15.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5Fw6St3x.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3552498/ebola-dallas-nina-pham-dog/","duration":"PT2M17S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3552498/ebola-dallas-nina-pham-dog/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```