Can you meet the Doctor downtown instead?

I knew that I could not sever the relationship that I had built with my lung Doctor -- I was certain that I would never find anyone that was a better fit, no matter how long and hard I searched. However, I also knew that I had to begin the process of meeting a new hepatologist, and searching out a new primary care Doctor that could work within Henry Ford's system.

The day for the first meeting with the hepatologist was fast approaching, and now sat just two days away. Although his practice was based out of their main campus location downtown, I had scheduled the meeting at his GI practice location in Novi, a suburb near my home and office. As I pondered what the future held for this new system, I received the phone call that would permanently change the course of my treatment. It was his nurse calling, from the Novi location. After introducing herself, she asked me the following:

"Can you meet the Doctor downtown instead?"

Again, my heart began to race, and my mind was swimming with all of the possible causes for the change of location. As I began to regain my composure, I asked her why the meeting was to be moved. Her answer was "just because he has more staff available downtown than here."

Was that all there was to it? Simply a personnel issue? Or was there more to the story that they wanted to tell me in person? Although I hadn't been sleeping well up until this point, it was even worse that night, as I awaited the meeting that was now scheduled for the following day.