This email forward is at least 10 years old . . . But still very touching! THIS email forward has the correct info below. As often is the case, some over zealous people fabricate beautiful stories about some things. This one is accurate!!!
The photograph was taken during a medical procedure to fix the spina bifida lesion of a 21-week-old fetus in the womb. The operation was performed by a surgical team at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. The team, Dr. Joseph Bruner and Dr. Noel Tulipan, had been developing a technique for correcting certain fetal problems in mid-pregnancy. Their procedure involved temporarily opening the uterus, draining the amniotic fluid, partially extracting and performing surgery on the tiny fetus, and then restoring the fetus to the uterus back inside the mother.
Now see the actual picture, and it is awesome...
incredible....and hey, pass it on. The world needs to
see this one!
Samuel Alexander Armas (born December 2, 1999)
is the child shown in a famous photograph by Michael Clancy, dubbed the "Hand of Hope", of his hand extending from an opening in his mother's uterus and touching his surgeon's finger during open fetal surgery for spina bifida.
Early 2012
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