I learned that this is Congenital Heart Disease week from Emily’s blog Baby Dickey. CHD often goes undetected until it is too late. There is a simple test, a pulse oximetry test, that is cheap, non-invasive, quick and painless that can be done on infants 24-48 hours after birth. This test can save your baby’s life.

Reading about baby Cora made me extremely sad especially since I have been thinking about my own son’s birth this week. Two years ago I hadn’t heard anything about the pulse oximetry test, but when I have another baby, I will undoubtedly have this test done. I hope that raising awareness for CHD will educate many moms and possibly save many lives.