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Priya Jaisinghani@ENRON
12/07/2000 02:10 PM
To: Jayshree Desai/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: Lisa Gillette/HOU/ECT@ECT 

Subject: Fwd: FW: the hand of hope

Thought you might like this, Dr. Desai.



>
>A picture began circulating in November. In many people's opinions, it
>should  be proclaimed as "The Picture of the Year," or perhaps, "The
>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 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...."
>
>You can see the actual picture.  Here's the  website:
>    http://joseromia.tripod.com/bighand.gif
><http://joseromia.tripod.com/bighand.gif>

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