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His daughter, Sophia, died last Thursday at a Cincinnati hospital from complications of a tumor in her liver, six weeks after she was born in Columbus. She was awaiting a transplant when she died.

Her father posted a message on Reddit asking if anyone could use their photo of Sophia in the hospital and remove the tubes attached to her face and wrist. “Since she was in the hospital her whole life we never were able to get a photo without all her tubes,” he wrote.

“It started because I just wanted one picture,” said Steffel, who lives in the village of Kalida with his wife, Emily, and their two sons.

He initially was not sure about posting the request online because he was worried someone might respond rudely. “I guess the best has outweighed the negative,” he said.

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Jillian Johnston, an illustrator from Mountain View, California, said she felt pulled to create her own image of Sophia. She posted it online and then woke up the next morning to a flood of compliments and several requests from other parents who lost their children in similar situations.

“I have at least a dozen more babies to paint,” she said. “There are so many beautiful babies. It’s heartbreaking.”

Steffel said his family now has more memories of their daughter than they could have imagined, he said.

“It’s kept me and my wife occupied reading all these messages,” Steffel said. “Keeping our minds off things.”


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