The medical board opened its investigation six weeks later. They assigned Dr. Michael Torres, an investigator with twelve years’ experience in physician misconduct cases. He was exactly what I had hoped for: meticulous, unemotional, relentless. He interviewed me, Ethan, Ethan’s mother, the nurses on duty, Kowalski, Whitmore, and additional staff members. He reviewed the ER chart, surgical notes, imaging, timestamps, complaint history, and peer review materials. He did not accept summaries where records existed, and he did not allow vague recollections to stand untested against documentation. When he met with me for the second time, he already knew more about the timeline than some attorneys know about their own cases.