Examining the depths of love and long-term care, Storming follows a family that refuses to give up hope as their son nears 10 years in a coma after a traumatic brain injury.
In 2009, twenty-year-old Ryan Diviney was found in a parking lot with a traumatic brain injury leading to a coma.
Storming joins Ryan’s parents nine years after the diagnosis in their home in Ashburn, Virginia. Ryan is still in a coma, and their basement now resembles an ICU. His father and full-time care partner, Ken, provides life-sustaining care for him after years of researching and designing an innovative treatment program, while his mother, Sue, works tirelessly to provide income and healthcare coverage for the family. In the hours following their son’s injury, doctors asked an urgent and impossible question: if they wanted to pull the respirator.
Almost a decade later, they wonder if they are still doing everything they can for their child. With conflicting emotions about whether Ryan has the ability to return to consciousness, the family navigates hope and grief, relying on each other to lead the way. Storming examines what it means to love deeply in the face of the unknown.
The film will explore the ambiguity of life for those suffering from an extreme Traumatic Brain Injury along with the complex dialogue and often controversial decision-making required of those who love them.