Second American diagnosed with Ebola arrives in Atlanta, showing 'slow improvement' | Fox News

Second American diagnosed with Ebola arrives in Atlanta, showing 'slow improvement' | Fox News: Johnson said David Writebol expressed his gratitude for his wife’s return to the U.S.

“Nancy and I are profoundly grateful to the U.S. government and all the machinery that was marshalled on our behalf and what it took to get her home,” said Writebol. “I am very happy. And I am extremely grateful. I am not anxious, fretful or fearful – just relieved.”

“A week ago we were thinking about making funeral arrangements for Nancy,” Writebol continued. “Now we have a real reason to be hopeful.”

Nancy Writebol's arrival came a day after Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City said it was testing a man who traveled to a West African nation where Ebola has been reported. He arrived at the emergency room on Monday with a high fever and a stomach ache, but was in good condition, hospital officials said.

The New York City Health Department, after consulting with the hospital and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a statement on Monday evening that "the patient is unlikely to have Ebola. Specimens are being tested for common causes of illness and to definitively exclude Ebola."

The patient added to concerns about the disease, which has killed nearly 900 people since February and has no proven cure. The death rate in the current epidemic is about 60 percent, experts say.