U.S Ebola Virus Patient Being Treated In Atlanta Faces Crucial Days

An American infected with Ebola in Liberia was being treated and monitored in the U.S. on Sunday, as doctors worked to provide care in what will be a crucial few days in his attempt to recover from the deadly disease.

About a week after his first symptoms of Ebola were reported, Kent Brantly, a doctor, was in an Atlanta hospital's special isolation unit. He had arrived Saturday, flown from Liberia in a chartered air ambulance, and he appeared in fairly good condition as he walked, covered from head to toe in a protective suit, into the unit at Emory University Hospital.

Plans to soon bring a second American Ebola patient from Liberia to the same hospital were on schedule, according to the air-charter company hired to do the job.

An Emory spokeswoman wouldn't comment Sunday on the condition of Dr. Brantly, a 33-year-old from Texas, who was infected while working at an Ebola treatment center operated by two U.S. faith-based organizations. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is based in Atlanta right near Emory, told Fox News on Sunday that Dr. Brantly "appears to be improving, and that's encouraging."

Samaritan's Purse, one of the charities operating the center and the group that brought Dr. Brantly to Liberia, also said Sunday that the doctor's condition was improving, and Dr. Brantly's wife, Amber, said in a statement that she was able to see her husband and that he was in good spirits.