an ambulance arrives bringing more patients. it begins again. there s no room. so the stretcher goes on the floor for now, next to a mat tres where another critical patient lies. here there are two patients for every bed. another hour, more patients. it is unimaginably unrelenting. but there are success stories and that s what sustained the staff. on the back of the ebola ward patients spot the camera. they are recovering. maybe even going home soon. but for the staff, there s no end in sight. what happens when you go home at the end of the day. i prepare for another day. reporter: and another day and another day. until their prayers are finally
sent home and then wasn t admitted to the hospital until four days af the man was visiting family, and officials are g a close eye on everyoeen in contact wit i ha stop this in its tracks in the u.s. i also have no doubt as long as the outbreak continues in olaly bbreak continues in dirth so ectly s bodily fluids. that ebola patient in dallas travelled tom liberia which is ground zero for the latest outbreak. more than 3,000 people have been killed by the virus across that region. our own dr. richard besser was just there in the hot zone. this is the first time a journalist has been allowed into the ebola ward. feeling safer with each layer. reporter: layers and layers of o wh identify one another. reporter: dr. jerry brown a liberian surgeon. he prays every time before he goes into the ward. 60 people in a ward built for 40. the wards the u.s. is building
his colleague, nancy writebol, is speaking for the first time about her infection and recovery. here s abc s dr. richard besser. reporter: she is one of two americans to stare down ebola and survive. it is a very, very lonely place to be. reporter: nancy writebol says it was her husband of 40 years who told her she had the deadly disease. i remember getting up out of the bed and david wanting to put his arms around me and give me a really great hug. and i just pushed him away. not wanting him to get sick. reporter: how hard was that for you? how do you tell the love of your life that they have contracted a deadly disease. reporter: nancy called herself the clinic s mama bear. seen here in this video. she had the critical job of decontaminating doctors out of the ebola ward. now she was a patient herself. as her condition worsened a critical decision. an emergency flight back to the u.s. was there a period during this when you said good-bye to each other? i think for me
the ebola ward. now she was a patient herself. as her condition worsened a critical decision. an emergency flight back to the u.s. was there a period during this when you said good-bye to each other? i think for me it was when i got on that plane. because i i mean i just didn t know. and i know that they had talked that they weren t sure i would even make it to the u.s. reporter: she was wheeled into emory university hospital. it was two weeks before her husband could even see her through the window. when i saw david walk in, i was just, amazed again. of god s grace to us. reporter: i was so struck how well nancy looked. she is recovering, no longer contagious and tells me she is getting stronger every day. her message to the world, focus on getting help to the people of west africa. dr. richard besser, abc news, new york. the debate raging over the use of antibiotics in meat and dairy is leading to a big change at the grocery store. perdue, the third largest poultry prod