Rare Bacterial Infection Strikes Again
The wife of South Gwinnett math teacher Mark Rinehart recently underwent surgery at Northside Hospital. Both hands and feet were amputated.
The Gwinnett Daily Post reported Saturday that Hannah Rinehart, a patient care technician at DeKalb Medical Hillandale in nearby Lithonia, fell victim to a bacterial infection that claimed both her hands and lower legs. Rinehart developed aches and pains, according to the Gwinnett Daily Post, but once her fever broke the couple put their worries aside. When Hannah, a cancer survivor, went to see her oncologist for an appointment, Mark had to "carry her in." She has been comatose for weeks now. Mark has set up house in the ICU at Northside and rarely leaves her side. "Just played song we danced to at our wedding for my wife (in ICU for 20 days)," he tweeted on July 20. "I asked if she knew I was crazy about her. She nodded yes…
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