The hand of hope O+

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Op woensdag 26 september 2007 11:38 schreef kapitein_pannekoek het volgende:
jasses

Ik heb ook snel het topic weer dichtgedaan, heb even geen behoefte aan dit soort foto's op dit moment, maar ik heb dan weer niet de onbedwingbare neiging dat zo bot te moeten melden.

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Op woensdag 26 september 2007 11:19 schreef RockabeIIa het volgende:
Wat ik hiervan begrepen heb is dat het babyhandje destijds op de hand van de arts gelegd is alleen voor de foto...

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Julie, an obstetrics nurse, decided after hearing the diagnosis to research treatments and discovered a pioneering program of maternal-fetal (in utero) surgery for spina bifida at Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center. After intensive consultations with the medical staff, Julie and Alex not only gave the go-ahead for sur-gery on 21-week-old Samuel; they also agreed to let USA Today photograph the event as a way to increase awareness of the new procedure.

USA Today assigned photojournalist Michael Clancy to capture the surgery on film. Michael had no idea that the shoot would change his life forever.

As he explained to NRL News, "Before the picture, I felt that as a man I could never be pregnant and alone, so it wasn't for me to decide whether abortion was right or wrong. I was indifferent."

Michael described for the Senate hearing the details of his experience during the surgery:

"The tension could be felt in the operating room as the surgery began. The procedure would take place within the uterus, and no part of the child was to breach the surgical opening. The entire surgical procedure on the child was completed in one hour and 13 minutes. When it was over, the surgical team breathed a sigh of relief, as did I.

"As a doctor asked me what speed film I was using, out of the corner of my eye I saw the uterus shake, but no one's hands were near it. It was shaking from within.

"Suddenly, an entire arm thrust out of the opening, then pulled back until just a little hand was showing. The doctor reached over and lifted the hand, which reacted and squeezed the doctor's finger.

"As if testing for strength, the doctor shook the tiny fist. Samuel held firm. I took the picture. Wow!"

When the USA Today photo editor later phoned Michael to confirm its publication, the editor declared, "It's the most incredible picture I've ever seen." The photo appeared in the newspaper in September 2000 and spread at warp speed across the globe - - leading USA Today to subsequently refer to it as the "hand of a fetus [that] touched the world."

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Op woensdag 26 september 2007 16:47 schreef Vivi het volgende:

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Welk filmpje bedoel je nu? Toch niet dat fragment uit "House"????

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Op woensdag 26 september 2007 19:58 schreef Paradijsvogeltje het volgende:

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Jawel... hij doet dan misschien niet koel. Maar de rest in die operatiekamer wel. Heel ongevoelig. Daar kan ik niet naar kijken.

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"Suddenly, an entire arm thrust out of the opening, then pulled back until just a little hand was showing. The doctor reached over and lifted the hand, which reacted and squeezed the doctor's finger.