Micah Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 [img]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1189.snc4/154185_1525699025920_1337978938_1219611_817910_n.jpg[/img] [b]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 U.S. paper which published it, you probably would never have seen it. 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....and hey, pass it on! The world needs to see this one.[/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePenciledOne Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I'm really proud and honored that the baby's middle name is my first name. God Bless him, the doctor, the nurse and the mother. Praise God!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Isn't it amazing. I can't stop thinking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudreyGrace Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 This is beautiful. God is so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_nine Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Precioussssssss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sternhauser Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/thehand.asp "The baby did not reach out, Bruner says. The baby was anesthetised. The baby was not aware of what was going on." ~Sternhauser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 [quote name='Sternhauser' timestamp='1294502369' post='2197797'] http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/thehand.asp "The baby did not reach out, Bruner says. The baby was anesthetised. The baby was not aware of what was going on." ~Sternhauser [/quote] thank you, debbie downer. [img]http://famousdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/FamousDC-Debbie-Downer-Supreme-Court.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sternhauser Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1294502557' post='2197798'] thank you, debbie downer. [/quote] I'm sorry. You're right. It's much better to believe lies and exaggerations. Can I interest anyone in a story about a mentally retarded kid with an empty Easter egg at show and tell, or a dog named "Tank" who belonged to a tank driver who was killed by people defending their homeland, or a story about how the song "Taps" was written by and found in the pocket of a dying Confederate soldier after a battle in the War of Northern Aggression, by a Yankee officer who learned the dying soldier was his son? ~Sternhauser Edited January 8, 2011 by Sternhauser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 [quote name='Sternhauser' timestamp='1294502780' post='2197799'] I'm sorry. You're right. It's much better to believe lies and exaggerations. ~Sternhauser [/quote] wow. did someone wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? dude, i was funnin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 He doesn't sleep in a bed. It's too conformist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sternhauser Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 [quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1294503167' post='2197802'] He doesn't sleep in a bed. It's too conformist. [/quote] Winchester speaks truth. I sleep on a layer of small animal skulls I have collected over the years. ~Sternhauser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 [quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1294503167' post='2197802'] He doesn't sleep in a bed. It's too conformist. [/quote] quite right. or he does, because it would be non-conformist to our expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sternhauser Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 [quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1294502965' post='2197801'] wow. did someone wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? dude, i was funnin'. [/quote] Oh, I'm funnin' too. Couldn't you detect that in my post? ~Sternhauser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 [quote name='Sternhauser' timestamp='1294503348' post='2197806'] Oh, I'm funnin' too. Couldn't you detect that in my post? ~Sternhauser [/quote] ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sternhauser Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 [quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1294503403' post='2197807'] ... [/quote] Ditto. ~Sternhauser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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