Chit Chat: Picture of the Year (non-boating ;)

Picture of the Year (non-boating ;)

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Topic: Picture of the Year (non-boating ;)

Posted By: water wacko
Subject: Picture of the Year (non-boating ;)
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2011 at 7:06am

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. Now see the actual picture, and it is awesome...incredible....an

d hey, pass it on! The world needs to see this one!— with Brittany Ogilvie.

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"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ~Howard Thurman

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Posted By: water wacko
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2011 at 7:17am

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"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ~Howard Thurman

Posted By: GHannam
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2011 at 11:07am

Wow... what a captivating and inspiring story, to complete the essence of the picture.

I believe that we should never lose the opportunity to see something beautiful... Thanks for sharing, Bret!

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
- William James

Posted By: Blair
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2011 at 7:52pm

Thanks B-Dogg

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