Thirteen-year-old Sophie Phillips is a very motivated young lady. The Port St. Lucie eighth grader is leading a campaign to try to save babies with heart defects.
She's walking the halls of the Capitol, visiting lawmakers and telling them about a new test for newborns. Its called a Pulse Oximetry Screening. Its regular application is crafted inHB 81, "Newborn Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Failure."
The test is fast, cheap and painless, and can detect congenital heart defects.
