Be prepared

So I ran on to this story and it is amazing. Me and Kevin are going to see a perinatal doctor on Wednesday to see if there are any deformities in our baby so far. We are a little scared to be going, but after I ran onto this story (and bawled my eyes out) I am having faith. As my title says "Be Prepared", that is just what me and Kevin are doing. We are prepared for the worst. We have talked about all the possibilities that could happen to both baby and me and we have prepared. Our wonderful Dr Hartman told us a lot of things that could happen and that helped. He didn't beat around the bush. He was straight forward with me and that is all we wanted. I have done so well these past couple of years with my health (thanks to Kevin) and we are trying to be optimistic about things. We will love this little person growing inside of me no matter what. And if for some odd reason I don't make it through the labor (sorry not trying to me morbid, but truthful) then we will still have the outcome that we wanted.... a baby of our own. Anyway enjoy the story!


The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his 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.During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr.Bruner completed the surgery on Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed Hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's finger. Dr.Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile. 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.' Little Samuel's mother said they 'wept for days' when they saw the picture. She said, 'The photo reminds us pregnancy isn't about disability or an illness, it's about a little person.' Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100 percent successful.