**Picture of the Year** Must See! This will make u pause !!
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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 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....
"Before you were formed in the womb, I knew you."
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its....kinda freaky.. considering how fragile the child is
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bump.
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amazing. really amazing
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same sentiments.Originally posted by RaTtY81:amazing. really amazing -
wow the baby actually knows what is going on..
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upz.
i really like this pic.
i'm filled with so much mixed emotions... determination, strength, faith, and trust.
The quality of life, isnt it juz absurb how that all that stands in our way is death.
i juz melts.. imagine what's the mum going thru... and the little life. -
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nearly FAINT after seeing
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y?? its such a lovely pic!Originally posted by eg6stanley:nearly FAINT after seeing -
Originally posted by carpe diem jur:y?? its such a lovely pic!
lovely??
eh..........
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wow..
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i mean, its a little life u know...Originally posted by SGpork:
lovely??
eh..........
well, perhaps i'm able to understand and feel more for both the mother and child as a female.
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hmm if i didn't read the stuff preceding the picture i thought it was some dinosaur show.. =/ just makes me wonder why it seems so nice when its a human hand and it seems so bad when its not a human.. if it were a cat's claw or what everyone might think its disgusting.. =/
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carpe diem jur seems to have a morbid fascination with blood and gore.
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The baby is saying "If anything goes wrong, im gonna get you"
But on a serious note.. wow
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well..... no comments.Originally posted by skid:carpe diem jur seems to have a morbid fascination with blood and gore.
but hey! this is definitely different. -
ok la....Originally posted by carpe diem jur:y?? its such a lovely pic! -
wat do u think? izit lovely?Originally posted by SGpork:
lovely??
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haha...ya man...Originally posted by skid:carpe diem jur seems to have a morbid fascination with blood and gore.