Eileen Saxon was an infant known as "The Blue Baby", because of a condition called blue baby syndrome caused by lack of oxygen in the blood. Blue baby syndrome (or simply blue baby) is a Layman 's term used to describe Newborns with cyanotic conditions such as Cyanotic Oxygen (from the Greek roots ὀξύς (oxys (acid literally "sharp" from the taste of acids and -γενής (-genēs (producer literally begetteris the This made her lips and fingers turn blue, with the rest of her skin having a very faint blue tinge. She could only take a few steps before beginning to breathe heavily.
On November 29, 1944, Saxon was the first human to receive a groundbreaking operation (now known as a Blalock-Taussig shunt) suggested by pediatric cardiologist Helen B. Taussig and administered by Alfred Blalock, with Vivien Thomas, who had perfected the surgery in laboratory tests on animals, standing over his shoulder to advise him on performing the surgery. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Blalock-Taussig shunt is a surgical procedure to give palliation to Cyanotic heart defects which are common causes of Blue baby syndrome. Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics) is the branch of Medicine that deals with the medical care of Infants Children and Adolescents Cardiology (from Greek grc καρδίᾱ kardiā, "heart" and grc -λογία -logia) is the branch of Internal medicine Helen Brooke Taussig ( May 24, 1898 - May 20, 1986) was an American Cardiologist, working in Baltimore and Boston who founded the Alfred Blalock ( April 5, 1899 &ndash September 15, 1964) was a 20th-century American innovator in the field of Medical science Vivien Theodore Thomas (August 29 1910 &ndash November 26 1985 was an African-American Surgical technician and operative Surgeon who helped develop
The surgery had been designed and first performed on lab dogs by Thomas, who taught the technique to Blalock. Although Thomas perfected the technique, he could not perform the surgery because he was not a doctor. In fact, it was frowned upon when Dr. Blalock brought his black lab assistant into the operating room to guide him through the surgery.
The surgery was not completely successful, since Eileen Saxon became blue (cyanotic) again a few months later. Another shunt was attempted on the opposite side of the chest, but she died a few days afterwards, very close to her third birthday.
Even though Eileen died, she lived long enough to demonstrate that the operation would work. The team later discovered the operation worked best in older children. Eileen herself could not have waited any longer. By the time the first shunt was attempted on her, she was in danger of dying.
The 2004 movie produced by HBO, Something The Lord Made, is a dramatic documentary based on the Saxon baby operation. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Something The Lord Made is a 2004 Emmy Award and 2005 Peabody Award -winning HBO biopic about the legendary black cardiac pioneer Vivien
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