Message-ID: <23143152.1075855523985.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 01:07:00 -0800 (PST) From: sandra.mcnichols@enron.com To: carolyn.gilley@enron.com, leslie.smith@enron.com, judy.walters@enron.com, judy.hernandez@enron.com, mark.thorne@enron.com, christopher.hargett@enron.com, michelle.neville@enron.com, albert.escamilla@enron.com, pamela.mitchell@enron.com, angela.barnett@enron.com, amber.limas@enron.com, regina.blackshear@enron.com, eve.puckett@enron.com Subject: Fwd: FW: Read the story before you look at picture Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Sandra R McNichols X-To: Carolyn Gilley, Leslie Smith, Judy Walters, Judy Hernandez, Mark D Thorne, Christopher Hargett, Michelle Neville, Albert Escamilla, Pamela Mitchell, Angela Barnett, Amber Limas, Regina Blackshear, Eve Puckett X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Juan_Hernandez_Dec2000\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: Hernandez-J X-FileName: jhernan.nsf This really is awesome - so had to share with everyone. srm ---------------------- Forwarded by Sandra R McNichols/HOU/ECT on 02/28/2000 09:05 AM --------------------------- Lisa Berg 02/28/2000 09:00 AM To: Christy Sweeney/HOU/ECT@ECT, Rebecca Cowart/HOU/ECT@ECT, Willie Harrell/HOU/ECT@ECT, Sandra R McNichols/HOU/ECT@ECT, John.Carver@AGNA.Zeneca.com cc: Subject: Fwd: FW: Read the story before you look at picture THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME !!! WE SERVE THE MOST WONDERFUL GOD !!!! Subject: Read the story before you look at picture Appreciating Life!!! First read and then see the picture 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 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 of life." That picture is 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. <