Baby Autumn and Family Trying to Resume a Normal Life
Just a few weeks after undergoing heart transplant surgery, 5-month-old Autumn Markos of Greenfield was able to leave Children's Hospital for the first time.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013
Baby Autumn and Family Trying to Resume a Normal Life
Just a few weeks after undergoing heart transplant surgery, 5-month-old Autumn Markos of Greenfield was able to leave Children's Hospital for the first time.
Five months after giving birth to their third child, Alan and Lindsay Markos of Greenfield are finally adjusting to life being normal. Their daughter, Autumn, was born with the most severe type of Ebstein’s Anomaly, a congenital heart defect where the right side of the heart is not functioning correctly, so not enough blood is pumped into the lungs. Making matters worse, Autumn also had a sealed pulmonary valve, which usually allows blood to flow from the heart to the lungs. Doctors gave Autumn only a 60 percent chance to make it to delivery, but on Oct. 1, as soon as Lindsay reached the 37th week of her pregnancy, Autumn was born. After a half-dozen open-heart surgeries through her first six weeks, Autumn was placed on the heart …
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Baby Autumn Finally Comes Home
Just a few weeks after undergoing heart transplant surgery, 5-month-old Autumn Markos was able to leave Children's Hospital for the first time.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Baby Autumn Finally Comes Home
Just a few weeks after undergoing heart transplant surgery, 5-month-old Autumn Markos was able to leave Children's Hospital for the first time.
You probably didn't hear Lindsay or Alan Markos complain about shoveling or curse about meteorologists' shortcomings Wednesday. No, Wednesday was a day the Markoses had dreamed about for a long time, snow and all. A day more than five months in the making. It was the day the young Greenfield couple finally was able to bring its baby girl Autumn home. "Autumn came home ... and we are so unbelievably excited," Lindsay Markos said in an email to Greenfield Patch Wednesday afternoon. "Our family is finally complete!" Autumn, who was born with two congenital heart defects Oct. 1, had spent the first five months of her life in the cardiac intensive care unit at Children's Hospital. Earlier this month, she underwent heart transplant surgery, and …
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Baby Autumn Receives New Heart, Second Chance
The 4-month-old daughter of Alan and Lindsay Markos of Greenfield underwent heart transplant surgery Sunday, three months after being placed on the transplant list.
It was 1:42 a.m. Sunday morning. After nearly four months of waiting, the pagers Alan and Lindsay Markos had been carrying with them religiously finally went off. A donor heart was available for Autumn, the Greenfield couple’s infant girl. “All of a sudden we heard a noise and we sprung up out of bed,” Alan said. “Alan kept saying, ‘Thank you God. Thank you God,’’ added Lindsay. By Sunday afternoon, the 4-month-old Autumn, who has spent her entire young life at Children’s Hospital, had a healthy heart thumping in her tiny chest, nearly three months after being placed on a heart transplant list. Both Alan and Lindsay said the day of the transplant went by fast — the surgery to sew in the new heart took just 45 minutes — especially compared …
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Friday, November 30, 2012
5 Things to Do Saturday
The holiday season is here, and so too are some great local holiday events. And there are two important fundraisers as well.
There's no way you can be bored this Saturday, not with all the events happening all day and into the evening. For those in the holiday spirit: And for those just in a giving mood:
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Benefit for Baby Awaiting Heart Transplant is Saturday
Autumn Markos is still waiting for a new heart. Her family is holding a benefit for her at Jimmy K's on Saturday.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Still Time to Donate to Baby Autumn Benefit
A benefit for Autumn Markos, a 6-week-old Greenfield girl awaiting a heart transplant, will be Dec. 1, and organizers are accepting donations.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Benefit for Baby Awaiting Heart Transplant is Dec. 1
Six-week-old Autumn Markos has a rare heart condition and needs a heart transplant. The benefit is to help offset her family's mounting medical bills.
A benefit auction for Autumn Markos, a 6-week-old Greenfield girl awaiting a heart transplant at Children's Hospital, will be held at Jimmy K's Bar and Grill on Dec. 1. The event will run from 5-10 p.m. and will include a silent auction and raffle (must be present to win). There will also be music and entertainment and snacks donated by Jimmy K's. Among the auction items are: Individuals or businesses can still make tax-deductible donations for the auction/raffle, gift baskets or cash donations. Those who donate will be recognized for their generosity at the event. Get great local stories like this on Facebook. Click to join us! Monetary donations can be sent to Autumn's Wish Benefit c/o Chase Bank, 3605 S. 27th St., Milwaukee, WI 53221. …
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Healing Autumn's Broken Heart
Alan and Lindsay Markos of Greenfield anxiously await a heart transplant for their daughter Autumn Elizabeth, who was born with two congenital heart defects Oct. 1.
Over the last five weeks, neither Lindsay nor Alan Markos have been able to hold their beautiful, newborn baby Autumn Elizabeth. Instead, Autumn’s life has been in the hands of others. Born with two congenital heart defects that have required a half-dozen open-heart surgeries, Autumn has been at Children’s Hospital since being born Oct. 1. This week, she was added to a heart transplant waiting list. Her mother and father, a young Greenfield couple, have not been able to rock or snuggle or feed their baby girl since the days just after her birth. “That’s been the hardest thing,” Lindsay said. “She’s on a bed, and you can’t hold her. You can’t pick her up. There’s so many cords and machines surrounding her.” Twenty-six weeks into Lindsay’s …
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Bryanna Livingston
11:58 am on Friday, November 30, 2012
That would be extremely difficult to deal with. My heart goes out to that family. more ›
Marta
9:36 am on Monday, March 11, 2013
Cost is secondary to the priority of her life being saved. And worry not ... she will pay it back tenfold by being an amazing and wonderful woman and a productive member of society. more ›