Sentence 1: The surgeon was handed the tool. 
 Sentence 3: The assistants watched her, anticipation in their faces 
 Sentence 4:  The surgeon breathed out and audible sigh, calming herself 
 Sentence 5:  She began to operate, all nervousness fading away 
 Option 1: Nervously, she put down the scalpel and walked away. 
 Option 2: Nervously, she palmed the scalpel.