A member of the family that was in quarantine due to exposure to Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan waves as he walks outside at the Diocese of Dallas Catholic Conference and Formation Center where Duncan's fiancee, Louise Troh, and her family have been staying in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. A letter dated Oct. 19 and signed by Dallas County’s chief epidemiologist authorized Troh and members of her family to return to work and their children to go back to school “without any restrictions.” (AP Photo)
Louise Troh, the fiancée of the first Ebola victim in the U.S., has finished her 21-day mandatory quarantine.
What you don’t know is that she is one of the finest, most compassionate caregivers at the senior living center where she works.
She cared for my mother, who was in the Alzheimer’s unit until her death in January. She cared for her with the utmost dignity and compassion.
Louise is a hard worker, and I don’t believe she knowingly invited Ebola into her home.
The fact is, she and her family didn’t contract the disease. However, everything her family owned, except for some photographs and passports, has been incinerated.
She is an exceptional woman who has lost her fiance and almost everything she had in this material world.
I’m happy that she can return to work.
If this had happened to you or me, we would want to be treated fairly and compassionately.
I hope that our community shows compassion to Louise and her family as they return to everyday life in Dallas.
Mary Overton, Preston Hollow