By Kristine Kern
Fulda Free Press Staff Writer
There will be a benefit for the Mike and Melissa Einck family of Wilmont on Sunday, January 22nd from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at St. Columba Hall in Iona. Mike and Melissa are expecting their second child in February. The baby has a heart defect called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). Babies with HLHS have an underdeveloped left side of the heart and cannot pump enough blood to meet the bodies needs. Treatment generally consists of three surgeries. The Einck’s have been referred to Mott’s Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI. They will deliver the baby there and do the surgeries there. To ensure the baby is born in MI, Mike and Melissa have to be there three weeks prior to the due date. The first surgery will be done in the first week of the baby’s life. Babies can generally go home a month after the first surgery to prepare for the second surgery.
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