OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) - A doctor who became infected with Ebola while working in Liberia has visited with two of his family members at the Nebraska hospital where he's receiving treatment.
A spokesman for the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha says Debbie Sacra and the couple's oldest son interacted with Dr. Rick Sacra for about 25 minutes Saturday via a video link.
Debbie Sacra said in a news release from the center that she was relieved to see her husband. She said he doesn't remember much about Friday, when he first arrived.
She said he asked for something to eat.
A center spokesman said Saturday that 51-year-old Rick Sacra's condition was unchanged from Friday, when he was deemed sick but in stable condition.
Sacra, who works as a family physician in Worcester, Mass., also is an experienced medical missionary. He returned to Liberia to replace staff who had fallen ill with Ebola.
Sacra is not being treated with the experimental drug, ZMapp, that was given to seven other Ebola patients as the supply has run out.
The doctors and nurses caring for the third American aid worker to be sickened with the virus will rely on conventional methods of treating symptoms and preventing complications.
Sacra's medical team is discussing experimental treatments, including using blood serum from a patient who has recovered from Ebola, said Phil Smith, medical director of the 10-bed Biocontainment Unit at Nebraska Medical Center.
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