Amy Abbott:  What 's it like ? Having a dad who 's famous .
Ephram Brown: Oh . It 's like this : You 're eight years old . He misses your birthday party . You wanna cry about it but he 's on TV that night for separating the heads of Siamese twins . You 're _ ten _ . He 's not there to see you in the school play . He is however in the New York Times for restoring the vision of a five - year - old kid . I think he was my dad 's excuse for missing my elementary school graduation . You know you want to be mad at him . You wanna hate him . But you ca n't . He 's saving lives .