Through rare disease diagnosis, Moorhead leader Heather Nesemeier still teaching others

Through rare disease diagnosis, Moorhead leader Heather Nesemeier still teaching others

MOORHEAD — Step into Heather Nesemeier’s garden and you’ll be sure to learn something. The Moorhead City Council member is quick to tell you about straw bale gardening or hand you the leaf of an edible flower to taste. Learning also comes up when Nesemeier talks about the rare and difficult to diagnose chronic disease she was diagnosed with last year — idiopathic myointimal hyperplasia of the mesenteric veins, or IMHMV. Preparing for an upcoming…