CatchMeIfYouCan

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   I was so touched when I saw this, I almost cried.

   fatregina:

   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 U.S. 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. 

   (via mown)

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       La fotografía muestra la mano de el bebé llamado Samuel Alexander Armas un no nacido de 21 semanas, siendo operado por...

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