Dr. Ushiba examined x-rays of the narrator's fractured bone and determined it had broken in an unusual way and needed to be reset manually in the hospital. At the hospital, the narrator's surgery was scheduled late to allow any food in their stomach to pass through due to the anesthesia relaxing their stomach and lungs, which could cause aspiration. Before surgery, the narrator was nervous as it was their first surgery and serious injury. They were moved to the operating room where they were given laughing gas through a plastic mask before falling asleep for the procedure.