Dr Kent Brantly, American doctor who contracted Ebola, in grave condition. Im praying fervently that God will help me survive this disease, Brantly said in an email Monday to Mcray. He also asked that prayers be extended for Nancy Writebol, an American co-worker who also has fallen ill. Please add your faith and prayers as we ask God to miraculously heal and restore Dr. Kent to full health. To strengthen him and return him to his wife and two children. A life of service to the poor and sick - may he receive ministry and healing from the ultimate HEALER. Jesus. FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Kent Brantly always wanted to be a medical missionary, and he took the work seriously, spending months treating a steady stream of patients with Ebola in Liberia. Continue reading More on this story Ebola virus spreading in Africa, only a plane ride away from U.S. Top doctor dies from Ebola after treating dozens in Africa Dr. Kent Brantly is shown in this 2013 photo provided by JPS Health Network. A relief group official says Brantly is one of two American aid workers that have tested positive for the Ebola virus while working to combat an outbreak of the deadly disease at a hospital in Liberia. A spokesman said both Americans have been isolated and are under intensive treatment.(AP Photo/JPS Health Network) In this 2014 photo provided by the Samaritans Purse aid organization, Dr. Kent Brantly, left, treats an Ebola patient at the Samaritans Purse Ebola Case Management Center in Monrovia, Liberia. On Saturday, July 26, 2014, the North Carolina-based aid organization said Brantly tested positive for the disease and was being treated at a hospital in Monrovia. (AP Photo/Samaritans Purse) Now Brantly is himself a patient, fighting for his own survival in an isolation unit on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, after contracting the deadly disease. The Texas-trained doctor says he is terrified of the disease progressing further, according to Dr. David Mcray, the director of maternal-child health at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, where Brantly completed a four-year residency. Im praying fervently that God will help me survive this disease, Brantly said in an email Monday to Mcray. He also asked that prayers be extended for Nancy Writebol, an American co-worker who also has fallen ill. Read more: wjla/articles/2014/07/american-doctor-who-contracted-ebola-in-grave-condition-105551.html#ixzz390DeNfC4 Follow us: @ABC7News on Twitter | WJLATV on Facebook
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