 After another physical collapse, she was able to return to school.Her mother arranged for a job and a possible husband, but von Speyr resolved to be a doctor; this led to a lengthy period of silence between mother and daughter.She pursued her studies and an internship; in "these and many other experiences", noted Father von Balthasar, "Adrienne learned to seek the God whom she had not yet succeeded in truly finding by the way of service to neighbor."