The day came for The Deuce’s surgery. The stress of accompanying his transporter to the OR was unlike anything I’ve experienced. I went back to his pod and we waited. More time passed in those two hours than I thought possible.

Enter the Deuce 12

Enter the Deuce is a podcast about the birth of writer Patrick Brady’s son, Matthew. He was born with a condition that should have killed him less than five minutes after birth. This is the story of his survival and recovery and the roller coaster ride of near-misses his parents white-knuckled through. The episodes are pieces Patrick originally published at the site Red Kite Prayer. This is life itself: parental love, fear for our children, not to mention addressing our mortality and the question of our purpose in life.