Message-ID: <11863845.1075846792546.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 06:58:00 -0800 (PST) From: lisa.gillette@enron.com To: adriane.moratto@enron.com, susan.scott@enron.com, mgille@coair.com, cathy_stevens@tennecotbs.com Subject: Fwd: FW: the hand of hope Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Lisa Gillette X-To: Adriane Moratto, Susan M Scott, mgille@coair.com, cathy_stevens@tennecotbs.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Susan_Scott_Dec2000_June2001_2\Notes Folders\Notes inbox X-Origin: SCOTT-S X-FileName: sscott5.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Lisa Gillette/HOU/ECT on 12/07/2000 02:57 PM --------------------------- 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 > ______________________________________________________________________________ _______ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com