Amazing Hand..!!!

["Somasundaram K" <somasundaram_k@trigent.com>]

>>The picture appeared in the November 16   edition of "The National
>>Enquirer." It should be "The Picture of the Year," or perhaps, "The
>>Picture of the Decade."
>>
>>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 the 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. In 
>>the procedure, a C-section removes the uterus and the doctor 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."
>>
>>That picture is graphic  reminder  that growing in the womb of his or
>>her mother is a baby. It is not a "glob  of tissue," or "product of
>>conception." That pre-born baby is a human being with all the
>>emotions, will and personality of any human being. That
>>picture says it in a way that a thousand words cannot. 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 illness, it's 
>>about a little person."
>>
>>That's what it's always been about.

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