Few years ago, I went to meet a friend of mine who is a doctor at the NICU unit in the San Diego Sharp Hospital. He showed me around work and I was so touched by the atmosphere of the NICU unit that it inspired me to shoot a film we were discussing inside that specific room. Just a year later, I met Avey who volunteered to share her story and appear in a documentary which would be made to spread the word about the Miracle Babies organization & replicate the image which had been carved in my mind since the first day.
But that’s not the story.
What touched me the most was Avey’s continues contact with me after the production of the film. She would send me regular emails from her phone with a picture of Miya – her daughter who was born prematurely. I haven’t received any of those emails in sometime now, but I hope that she is doing well.
Here is a glimpse of her story: