SEQUIM — Rainshadow Cafe hosted a fundraiser last month for the family of former employee Jennifer Hanshaw.
Ember Hanshaw, a Sequim sixth-grader who is a daughter of Jennifer and her husband Tim, was diagnosed last spring with a cluster of life-threatening conditions that affect just one in 100 million people.
The diagnoses came last spring after Ember was hospitalized with pneumonia.
Doctors at Seattle Children’s Hospital discovered that Ember has ductus arteriosus, a congenital heart disease, as well as pediatric pulmonary hypertension, right ventricle dysfunction, Eisenmenger syndrome and a genetic condition called HHT.
Jennifer works in diagnostic imaging for Olympic Medical Center in Sequim and Tim does remodel work. The couple also has a younger daughter, Lena.
A GoFundMe page for Ember — gofundme.com/f/aid-embers- journey-to-health-and-hope — had raised $14,447 — 60 percent of a $25,000 goal.
