Unexpected Patient

"One of my best friends in Brazil is a Gynecologist. One evening at a party he told me of a vey strange experience that he had never told anyone.

On a Thursday morning, a middle aged woman named Katia, mother of one of his patients, Sarah, showed up at his office without an appointment. She asked for just two minutes of his time so he made a small window for her in between appointments.

They both sat down around a meeting table. She asked him if he could do her a favor. She and her daughter were not on the best terms and hadn't been talking for a few months. But she knew that her daughter needed a very important document that she would not be able to find. She asked my friend to contact her daughter and tell her that the deeds for one of the family's property was wedged inside the third volume of the old Barsa encyclopedia. My friend, a very mellow guy, didn't see a problem and promised to contact Sarah that same day and pass along the information.

So later in the afternoon he called Sarah.

- Hi Sarah, this is Doctor Dumont. Everything is OK. I received a visit from your mother, and she asked me to tell you that the deed documents for one of the properties that you need is wedged in the third volume of the old Barsa encyclopedia.
After a few seconds of silence, Sarah replied:
- Doctor when did my mother visit you?
Doctor:
- This morning, she came without scheduling any appointment.
Sarah after a long pause:
- Is this a joke or something? My mother passed away last Thursday.
Doctor:
- No Sarah, this is no joke, i promise you.
Sarah:
- Let me check the encyclopedia.
A couple minutes passed. Sarah returned to the phone crying:
- The documents are exactly where you said. You don't know how badly we needed this document."

David Almeida, April 21, 2015