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The picture appeared in the November 16 edition of “The National Enquirer”. It should be “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 names Joseph Bruner.
The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida (open backbone) 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, be 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, the little Samuel reached his tiny hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon’s finger as if to say, “thanks doc, you did a wonderful job.”
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