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June 18 Hand of Hoperead this entry on ying's blog. give it a look =)
note: take a peek at the pic below before reading the article. enjoy.
This picture appeared in the November 19th edition of "The National Enquirer". It should be picture of the year. Or rather picture of the decade. This is a picture of a 21 week old unborn baby; Samuel Alexander Armas.Who was being operated by a surgeon named Joseph Burner. The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from the mothers womb. Little Samuels mom, Julie Armas, an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta, knew of Dr. Burner's remarkable surgical procedure. He performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.In the procedure - a c-section removes the uterus and Burner makes a small incision to operate on the baby. During the surgery on baby Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny but fully developed hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeons finger.This photograph captures that moment amazingly. The editors titled the picture "The Hand of Hope." The text explaining the picture began, "The tiny hand of 21-week old fetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Burner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life." Now i'm not going to ask you to forward this to 71.5 people, or threaten you with your life if you don't. All i'm asking is that you give it a little thought. This picture is a graphic reminder that growing in the womb of his or her mother is a baby. It is not a 'glob of tissue', or a 'product of conception'. That pre-born baby is a real human being, with all the emotions, will and personality of any of us. This picture says what a thousand words cannot begin to. Baby Samuel's mom "wept for days" after seeing this 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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