First, I found a doctor in Boca Raton, Florida that specializes in Chinese medicine and acupuncture. I originally called to obtain two free books he lists on his website he will send if you call and request them. When I called, the lady who answered placed me on hold and next thing I know, I hear "This is Dr. Zoll, how can I help you". Well needless to say I was initially taken aback...I wasn't sure what to say and kind of stammered around for a second...awkward! I finally was able to spit out why I was calling and he said he wanted me to tell him a little about myself and what I was looking for in contacting him. I can't begin to remember what all I said to him but over the next 35 minutes we talked on the phone. He immediately "saw" things in what I was saying that he could work on and wanted to have me send him all our medical records and set up a phone interview. I was so excited. I felt like finally someone was going to be able to help...to give me answers! I set up the appointment and got to work on getting my medical records sent to him.
Now, this interview was not going to be free. After discussing it, Craig and I agreed we would go forward with the interview and pay the fee simply because we wanted to see what he had to say and if he thought he could help us.
So the interview took place....an hour and thirty minutes!!! How many doctors do you know who spend that much time with a patient?! Granted I did pay out of pocket...no insurance co-pay here...but still!!! I was impressed. He had reviewed our medical records and was prepared and ready to discuss what he thought he could do. He had me again walk him through our fertility journey that had brought us to this point, he asked me a million questions about myself and my health. Questions that no one has every asked and that after answering them made me think...."why has no one ever asked that before". I was beyond impressed and just giddy with excitement.
At the conclusion of the interview he told me, yes, I can help you! PTL...whoohoo (i didn't yell that...just internalized it). He was going to come up with a plan for us and would be in touch. Well fast forward to the plan....holy expensive. Granted, not as expensive as some of the fertility treatments we did in the past but still, money we did not have. We stepped out on faith and purchased some supplements he had recommended we start on right away, some for both Craig and I. The "big" ticket item was going to be this personalized "tea" that is a combination of herbs that are cooked in their purest form by a pharmacist, placed in vacuum sealed pouches and I was to take 2x a day. I was told it could be anywhere from $300 - $600 a month. Yikes!!! We didn't have that kind of money! Sure we had filed for our trade name but had not yet started our fundraising efforts.
I began to pray that the Lord would make it affordable for us if it was His will that we continue with the tea portion of the doctors plan for us. I didn't want to move forward just because I was excited and hopeful. I really wanted to feel like it was HIS will for us. Dr. Zoll told me to call the pharmacy on a particular date and time, speak to his contact, and they would give me a number based on my personalized prescription tea. The pharmacy is in New York, NY and run by a licensed pharmacist and Chinese medicine pharmacist (not sure that is the proper name for his title...). He told me that if the price they gave me was just way too much and out the question that he could call his contact and see what they could do about it. I prayed as I waited for the day I was to call.
Prior to my calling for the price of my tea, I received a blessing in the mail and an answer to prayer. It was such an amazing gift and it's true value wouldn't even be seen until later. A check and a note - a selfless gift given out of love. Craig and I were truly humbled by this gift. My sister and brother-in-law, feeling led to help Craig and I, in faith sent us a check. How they came up with the amount to send is only of the Lord. We can not thank them enough for the gift they gave.
Fast forward now to the date and time I am to call for my "price" on the tea. I make the call, anticipating the worst (which is strange for me since I am usually such an optimist) and I get the price for my tea. When I said earlier that the true value of the gift we received would not be realized until later....well that moment they gave me the price was the exact moment I realized the true value of that gift. And when I say it was of the Lord...truly the Lord's prompting in what amount they felt led to send...well it's the truth. You see, the money my sister and brother-in-law sent covered the price of the tea and shipping and I had 5 cents left over!!! How amazing is that?!!!
With the Lord providing, I gave the go ahead for them to "cook" my tea and send it to me! Our journey was about to begin with Chinese medicine and herbal tea...I was so excited. I was also just beyond amazed at how awesome our Lord is in providing exactly what was needed. Not sure if that little miracle was just to remind me that He is always in control or if it was his way of saying...this is your time, I'm going to make this work for you now. I like to think it was all of the above, I guess we will just have to be patient and see though.
I told my mom the story of the Lord providing the money. She was just as excited as I was. Now mind you I did not tell her how much the gift was, how much the tea was, nothing. Just the story of the Lord providing. After we got off the phone, she called me back awhile later. She wanted me to know she had called to tell my dad the story and that he told her he had been setting money aside for Craig and I too. She told me the amount they were going to be sending me that week....want to know how much it was? Well the number is not important, except that again the Lord was providing for the next month of tea (if its needed...since you never know if it will only take one month). As I think of all that He has done for me, this children's Sunday school song keeps ringing in my head: Our God is so Great, so strong and so mighty, there's nothing our God cannot do!
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