Unborn baby grabs surgeon
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Topic: Unborn baby grabs surgeon
Posted By: kriss
Subject: Unborn baby grabs surgeon
Date Posted: 03 September 2009 at 6:43pm
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Not sure how old this is, but received this email today, amazing!!
Please read before viewing picture - it's worth it! 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-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 developedhand through the incision n 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! Don't tell me our God isn't an awesome God!!!!! 
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 Little Angel, April 10
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 03 September 2009 at 6:49pm
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It's a gorgeous picture but I hate to tell you that while the picture is real the story is fake. The mother and baby where both anesthetized...the hand flopped out and the doctor put it back in... Check out the info here...
http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/thehand.asp - http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/thehand.asp it doesn't change it being an amazing picture though.  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 03 September 2009 at 6:51pm
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I'm sure that pic is from an episode of House. The stuff about the op makes no sense, how could they possibly remove her uterus with the baby still inside? ------------- 
 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 03 September 2009 at 6:55pm
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Just read that article. Is an amazing pic -------------
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 03 September 2009 at 7:02pm
The pic and op are actually legit, snopes did verify it, it's the hand reaching out that is false. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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cuppatea wrote:Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 03 September 2009 at 7:45pm
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Yeah I read the article. It is very like an episode of house though, were a baby grasps house's hand whilst they are doing an inutero procedure.
Amazing that they can do those types of ops, and who knows maybe the baby would grab out if not anaesthetised, they certainly move about a lot at 21 weeks. -------------
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Posted By: kriss
Date Posted: 03 September 2009 at 8:52pm
Oh okay, thanks for clarifying Paws 
Sorry for any confusion!! The picture is so amazing.. such a tiny hand! And an incredible operation! Even my DH was moved. Reminds me how precious my little one is, and that miracles do happen ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Little Angel, April 10
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