(CNN) -- Gifts have been arriving at the Steffel home in Kalida, Ohio, every day. Blankets, photographs, paintings. It started with a simple request that grieving father Nathen Steffel posted to Reddit on Sunday: "My daughter recently passed away after a long battle in the children's hospital. She was in the hospital her whole life and we were never able to get a photo without all her tubes. Can someone remove the tubes?" The image of their daughter, Sophia, connected to breathing tubes is the Steffels' favorite because it captured her during one of few times she was awake. In the photo her eyes are wide open and she appears to be staring into the camera.
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@placeholder's sister told him she's comforted by all the attention -- happy that Sophia's story didn't just end at the hospital.