BABY in the womb grabs surgeon's hand!

It should be 'The Picture of the Year,' or perhaps, 'Picture of the Decade.' 

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 spinal 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 Univ Med Ctr 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. I was reminded of Abhimanyu learning somany things while in womb, though the mother ws sleeping. Incidentally, Samuel was born in 

perfect health, the operation 100 percent successful. 

Now see the actual picture, 

and it is 

awesome....incredible....