I met this little guy on superhero day at The University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital.  Now let's be real; everyday is superhero day in the NICUs.  The nurses are superheros, parents are superheros and these little fighters are superheros.  But U of M Masonic actually had superheros come visit the hospital on this day.  It's a day dedicated to the superheros.  This superhero was born at 24 weeks.  He had an ostomy from a bowel perforation on the 5th day of his life.  This series of images were photographed prior to his surgery (mom wanted to document pictures with baby's ostomy bag on).  I can't tell you how important it is to document this journey.  It can be tough and hard and ugly.  But my goal is to make it look beautiful.  I know it's hard to imagine but I do it every time.