WARNING:  Graphic picture

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE  VIEWING
  THE PHOTO...IT IS DEFINITELY WORTH THE TIME...


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 US  paper which published it, you probably would
never have seen it.
The picture is that of a 21-week-oldunborn 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
removedfrom 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 andmakes
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
picturebegins, "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!

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