How did the family's perception of available cures shift from medical to spiritual?

The family's shift in perspective was a direct result of exhausting all other options. As Chapter 34 explains, the family's first line of defense was medicine. The boy's uncle was a degree-holding doctor, and they consulted other physicians and expert surgeons. They tried all known native and foreign treatments, but the bone-cyst remained incurable, and the boy's suffering continued. This failure of the medical and scientific world to provide any relief caused a profound shift. When remedies reached their limit, their minds opened to other possibilities, specifically divine intervention. Hearing tales of a great saint in Shirdi whose Udi could 'perish even incurable diseases' provided a new source of hope. Their journey to Shirdi represented a complete transition from relying on human expertise to placing their faith in a spiritual remedy as their last and only hope.