Directed to the Right Doctor at the Right Time

My mother had been symptomatic for months with something no one could identify. She had seen four specialists. Every test came back inconclusive or negative. I had been praying specifically for clarity — not for healing yet, just for someone who could figure out what was wrong. One afternoon I felt a strong, unusual prompting to look up a specific medical center in Portland that I had no prior reason to think of. I found a specialist there whose research focus was precisely the cluster of symptoms my mother had. Getting an appointment with him typically took four to six months. His office had a cancellation and fit her in within two weeks. He identified a rare autoimmune condition on her second visit that had been missed by every previous physician. She has been on targeted treatment for eight months and is significantly improved. I cannot tell you why that medical center came to my mind that afternoon. I had never heard it mentioned, never read about it. It simply appeared, clearly and persistently, until I looked it up.