Maddison Santamaria was just 22 when she prematurely gave birth to twin girls. But she could only watch on helplessly as her precious babies were placed into an incubator and fed through a tube.
As one of the youngsters picked up an infection, doctors told Maddison it was touch-and-go as to whether they would survive.
The new mum faced an anxious wait. But after a traumatic few weeks, the babies' conditions improved considerably and she was allowed to take them home.
As she left the hospital, she vowed to one day pay back the nurses who had saved her daughters' lives. Now a successful entrepreneur with her own business, that time has come.