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My hero-my sister Linda and brother Mark
My beautiful bride Kim and I
My boys Brock(9) and TJ (10)
My Story My StoryA sudden change in how I felt is how I got to where I'm at today. I had felt very run down, tired, short of breath and at times nearly blacking out during times coaching my boys TJ and Brock. I went in to my primary doctor on 7/5 and found that my hemoglobin was at 5.1. After two blood transfusions, it had reached 7.7, but nowhere near the "recommended minimum" of an adult male of 13.5.I also did stool samples on the advice of my doctor, where they found blood. A colonoscopy on 7/14 found a malignant tumor in my ascending colon wall. I had an immediate CT scan that day which indicated a spot in my liver. A PET scan on 7/19 confirmed that the liver spot was also cancer.At this point, my prognosis is unknown, but my age and good health is very much on my side. My colon surgeon advised us this is stage 4 and also of the poor survival rate. To Kim and I, those are just numbers and don't mean anything to my approach. The early plan is to start with chemotherapy to attempt to shrink the cancer cells and for surgery at a later date. I am meeting with my liver surgeon and oncologist on 7/25 and have scheduled an appointment at the Mayo Clinic for additional recommendations on a path to attack this.
Garys Bio Born May 18, 1967 in Faribault, MN
Raised in White Bear Lake through College
Father Harold Rinehart, US Army (1944-1968) E-9, Command Sergeant Major. Retired from North Central Life Insurance.
Mother Joan Rinehart, homemaker
4 Sisters : Linda, Chris, Gail, and Amy
1 Brother : Mark
Graduated from White Bear Lake High School in 1985
Involvement: Baseball, Football, Naitonal Honor Society, Choir,
Mariners, Class President
HONORS: All-Conference and All-Metro in football-1984
All Conference and All-State in Baseball-1985. Selected to play in Lions All-Star games-1985. Played Baseball at Mankato State University on partial baseball scholarship 1985-1988 and transferred to Grand View University on full baseball scholarship in 1988. Was All-District, All-Area, and All-American in baseball in 1990.
Played amateur baseball from 1984-2005. Coached amateur teams from 1994-2005. Played in Class 'A' State Amateur baseball tournament from 1998-2005 and was named to the All-Tournament Team in 1998.
Community Commitment
Coached 3 years of flag football and 3 years of tackle football in the WAA , Coached 6 years of in-house and travel baseball in WAA . WAA Travel Baseball Tournament Director, WALL Baseball Tournament Director, WAA Youth Wretiling Director. Entering 2nd year of coaching catchers and hitters at Northwestern College and assisting with Minnesota Twins clinics.
MARRIED to Kimberly Ann Paduano 8/21/1999. Kim and Gary grew up together in White Bear Lake .
Moved to Woodbury in 2000.
Kim is in her 21st year in St. Paul Schools and has taught 6th-8th grade and is a middle-school guidance counselor.
SONS Tucker (TJ) -10 and Brock -9.
TJ plays baseball, football, and basketball. Brock plays baseball, football, and wrestles. Both attend Royal Oaks and both are school patrols this school year!
The family has attended Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Oakdale since 1998. Gary and Kim were married there in 1999.
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