All in Children

Family's Fierce Love Brightens COVID's Darkest Days

For years, Jill Greenman and John Fervoy knew May 2020 would be an epic month. All three of their kids were graduating — from college, high school, and middle school.

Then, news of the global pandemic hit, grinding life to a surreal halt. As Jill and John did everything to hold on to their jobs, all three sons’ commencement ceremonies were cancelled.

A Preventable Health Emergency

Illinois became the first state in the country to require insurance companies to cover medically advised treatments for PANS, PANDAS and similar immune-related encephalopathies. I’m proud to have worked with a fierce group of advocates who championed groundbreaking legislation that addresses the devastating impact of these little-understood conditions.