Treating Covid 19 and Diabetes is Challenging for Hospitals

So many friends, family, and coworkers were reaching out and wanted to help support us through this difficult time in our lives that we were asked to please start a GoFundMe account. The support was overwhelming to say the least. We are eternally grateful for the blessings and love poured out over our family while Billy is going through recovery. I also attached a link to Billy's blog on the GoFundMe to allow friends, family, and coworkers to stay up to day with his progress. The GoFundMe and blog caught the attention of Farah Yousry, a US based broadcast journalist who produces television, radio, and social media content for the BBC World Service and NPR affiliate in Indiana. She enjoyed reading our story, and wanted to interview us further. If there is one thing I can say about Billy, it's that he is a teacher. His calming presence and knowledge base are a few things that I admire about my husband. He takes what life hands him, and uses it as a sounding board to educate others. Either to help them get through similar circumstances, or to help teach others and broaden their education. When the opportunity arouse to help get his story out, he was completely on board. Below are the photos attached to the story. I love that they incorporated some images of me sewing. At the beginning, I started Rentelov to help provide protection to my coworkers and other healthcare workers around the world. What began as a fun side business quickly turned into something I've been able to use to help support our family. With an uncertain future, it's more important than ever to make every penny count.

Side Effects Public Media: Treating COVID-19 and Diabetes is Challenging for Hospitals

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Farah Yousry

Jacob Dean- photographer





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