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Dear Friends - I have never seen anything as moving as this picture. The first link is for the picture with no explanation. The second link is a small picture and a very long story. It's worth reading. Best of Everything ~ Max
THE HAND
A picture
began circulating in November. It should be "The Picture of the Year,"
or perhaps, "The Picture of the Decade." It won't be. In fact, unless you
obtained a copy of the paper you probably will never see it.
The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby
named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by a surgeon named
Joseph Bruner. The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive
if removed from the 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. In the procedure, a C-section removes the uterus and the doctor
makes a small incision to operate on the baby.
During the surgery on little Samuel, the little
guy reached his tiny, but fully developed, hand through the incision and
firmly grasped the surgeon's finger. 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 life."
That picture should be shown on every television
newscast and run in every newspaper in America. It won't be. Why? Because
it 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 "product of conception."
That pre born baby is a human being with all the
emotions, will and personality of any human being. That picture says it
in a way that a thousand words cannot.
Little Samuel's mother said they "wept for days"
when they saw the 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. That's what
the media elite wants us to forget. And, that's why they don't want you
to see the picture.
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"The Hand" of the fetus. You can see the actual picture, and it is
awesome... incredible. If you have the capability, here is the web site.
The accompanying story is also incredible. Get out the kleenex; here is
the picture:
http://joseromia.tripod.com/bighand.gif
(WARNING: there's a lot of blood in the picture)
If that doesn't work, here is the main page and you can click to see
the larger view:
http://members.tripod.com/~joseromia/samuel.html
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I
set you apart"
(saith the Lord). --Jeremiah 1:5
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made." --Psalm
139:13-14
Sent in by Max

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