Eileen Saxon, sometimes referred to as "The Blue Baby", was the first patient that received the operation now known as Blalock–Thomas–Taussig shunt.
She had a condition called Tetralogy of Fallot, one of the primary congenital defects that lead to blue baby syndrome.
In this condition, defects in the great vessels and wall of the heart lead to a chronic lack of oxygen in the blood.
Eileen Saxon's surgery was re-enacted in the documentary Partners of the Heart, produced by Spark Media, and broadcast on American Experience in 2003.
[5] The 2004 movie produced by HBO, Something The Lord Made, is a dramatic feature based on the Saxon baby operation.