Friend Speaks About Family’s Recovery From Ebola Diagnosis, Death

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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - For the local family hit hardest the first Ebola case in North Texas, the road to rebuilding their lives in just beginning.

Louise Troh, the fiancée of Thomas Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola on American soil, is not only mourning her loved one, she is starting over with no home and very few possessions.

Troh used to live at the Ivy Apartments, but is now looking for a new place to live with the help of friends.

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Saymendy Lloyd, a longtime friend and community activist is helping Troh get her life back in order.

Lloyd has known Troh since she was a refugee of the Liberian War back in the 1990s.

Troh spent 23 days in quarantined for fear that she may have contracted Ebola from Duncan.  Troh’s family lost all their possessions when her apartment was decontaminated and everything inside it was disposed of and burned.

Some of the items lost include treasured possessions and gifts that Duncan brought Troh from Liberia.

Private donors, churches, and the City of Dallas have pledged to help Troh get back on her financial feet.

Lloyd said Troh was always confident she did not have Ebola, and now instead of planning her wedding, Troh is planning Duncan’s memorial.

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