Nina Pham, 26, was the second Ebola victimon US soil. BUt, with that comes the golden lining of meeting President Barack Obama in the Oval Office hours after her discharge from a Maryland health facility at the request of the White House.
"I feel fortunate and blessed to be standing here today," she said. "I am on my way back to recovery."
Ms Pham thanked supporters for their prayers during her illness, and asked for privacy as she plans her return to Texas and a reunion with her dog, Bentley.
The other nurse to treat Thomas Duncan, Amber Vinson, has also been pronounced healed, but she will remain under observation in Atlanta until further notice.
"Tests no longer detect virus in her blood," a Georgia hospital official said.
Thomas Duncan died earlier this month; it is still unknown how the nurses contracted the virus while wearing protective clothing.
