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The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel
Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by surgeon named Joseph
Bruner.
The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if
removed from his mother's womb. Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas,
is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta . She knew of Dr. Bruner's
remarkable surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University
Medical Center in Nashville , he performs these special operations
while the baby is still in the womb.
During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section
and makes a small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr. Bruner
completed the surgery on Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny,
but fully developed hand through the incision and firmly grasped the
surgeon's finger. Dr. Bruner was reported as saying that when his
finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life,
and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen,
totally immobile.
The photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity. The
editors titled the picture, "Hand of Hope." The text explaining the
picture begins, "The tiny hand of 21-week- old fetus Samuel
Alexander Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger
of Dr.. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of
life."
Little Samuel's mother said they "wept for days" when they saw the
picture. She said, "The photo reminds us pregnancy isn't about
disability or an illness, it's about a little person." Samuel
was born in perfect health, the operation 100 percent successful.
Now see the actual picture, and it is awesome...incredible....Send
someone here to see it. The world needs to know, my God is AWESOME!
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