Doctor with Ebola better tolerating treatment

Josh Funk - Associated Press - Associated Press

CORRECTS TO CLARIFY DR. SACRA PRACTICES FAMILY MEDICINE- The ambulance transporting Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, who was infected with Ebola while serving as a family doctor in Liberia, arrives to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. Sacra, who served with North Carolina-based charity SIM, is the third American aid worker infected by the Ebola virus. He will begin treatment in the hospital's 10-bed special isolation unit, the largest of four such units in the U.S. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

The American doctor who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia appears to be better tolerating his experimental treatments, but his recovery remains uncertain.

The family of Dr. Rick Sacra says he was able to eat breakfast Monday for the first time since arriving Friday at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

The 51-year-old remains in stable condition. But his wife, Debbie, says Sacra is more alert and that they a good half-hour conversation by video conference Sunday.

Sacra is being treated with an experimental drug that is different than the one given to the two Americans treated for Ebola at an Atlanta hospital.

Sacra's doctors have refused to name the drug, but they say they've been consulting with experts on Ebola at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.