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This 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 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.

...naw...but yeh miracles can happen...but rarely...thats pretty cool

A little graphic for me but thats just amazing

thats just amazing

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Originally posted by WDZ
* WDZ opens the pic and doesn't know WTF he's looking at...

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WDZ how can you not get it have a closer look!

There are obviously 2 big hands and one little one. But what's the big ugly round thing that the hand is coming out of?

yerre its like really hard to see what it is, theres the skin then this big round thing thats covered in blood then a tiny had and two big hands, wtf is the ugly round thing covered in blood?

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Originally posted by WDZ
There are obviously 2 big hands and one little one. But what's the big ugly round thing that the hand is coming out of? 

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lmao


... it is kinda graphic... but .. awww.. such a tiny baby hand

Wow, that's interesting.....miracle!

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Originally posted by WDZ
But what's the big ugly round thing that the hand is coming out of?

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I'm not sure, but it's like the "bag" where the water is.
I don't know the technical term.
If it's true, it seems thicker than I thought before