Hand of
Hope
Read the following note then look at the picture ....
absolutely moving!!!!
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 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. During 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. 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." "The Hand" of the fetus. You can
see the actual picture, and it is awesome...incredible.
The world needs to see this one.
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