Hand of hope- forwarded

Dear All,
>
>A picture began circulating in November. It should be "The Picture of the
>Year," or perhaps, "Picture of the Decade." It won't be. In fact, unless
>you obtained a copy of the USpaper which published it, you probably will
>never see it. The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named
>Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by a 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 VanderbiltUniversityMedicalCenterin 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 little Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully
>developed, hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's
>finger. In a
>Time Europe article highlighting new pregnancy imagery that show the
>formation of major organs and other significant evidence of the formation
>of
>human life but a few days after conception, 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 my pregnancy isn't about
>disability or
> >an illness, it's about a little person". Samuel was born in perfect
>health, the operation 100 per cent successful. Now see the actual
>picture,
> >
> >and it is awesome ... incredible. And hey, pass it on. The world needs to
>see this one!
Dear All,
>
>A picture began circulating in November. It should be "The Picture of the
>Year," or perhaps, "Picture of the Decade." It won't be. In fact, unless
>you obtained a copy of the USpaper which published it, you probably will
>never see it. The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named
>Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by a 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 VanderbiltUniversityMedicalCenterin 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 little Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully
>developed, hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's
>finger. In a
>Time Europe article highlighting new pregnancy imagery that show the
>formation of major organs and other significant evidence of the formation
>of
>human life but a few days after conception, 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 my pregnancy isn't about
>disability or
> >an illness, it's about a little person". Samuel was born in perfect
>health, the operation 100 per cent successful. Now see the actual
>picture,
> >
> >and it is awesome ... incredible. And hey, pass it on. The world needs to
>see this one! Dear All,
>
>A picture began circulating in November. It should be "The Picture of the
>Year," or perhaps, "Picture of the Decade." It won't be. In fact, unless
>you obtained a copy of the USpaper which published it, you probably will
>never see it. The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named
>Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by a 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 VanderbiltUniversityMedicalCenterin 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 little Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully
>developed, hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's
>finger. In a
>Time Europe article highlighting new pregnancy imagery that show the
>formation of major organs and other significant evidence of the formation
>of
>human life but a few days after conception, 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 my pregnancy isn't about
>disability or
> >an illness, it's about a little person". Samuel was born in perfect
>health, the operation 100 per cent successful. Now see the actual
>picture,
> >
> >and it is awesome ... incredible. And hey, pass it on. The world needs to
>see this one!





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