Last Wednesday morning, we woke up bright and early, fought the Baltimore rush-hour traffic, and arrived on time (barely) to register Zachary as an Outpatient at the University of Maryland Hospital. We took him up to his doctor's office and then back behind her office they have a hospital room set up just for testing.
Zachary was the only patient being tested. We watched Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone during his test. After she inserted the tube thingy through a needle, she started taking blood samples every 15 minutes, injecting insulin at first and an amino acid for the 2nd hour. Zachary did okay for the insulin. After she gave him a sugary snack to raise his blood sugar he got really hot (which is normal). He wanted to pull his clothes off. She came back in and laughed. This was the first time she ever had somebody remove their clothing. He did have a blanket to put over his underwear.
We found out there are two types of growth hormone in our body. The type that goes through the liver before going to the bones IS low in Zachary. They have to find out if the pituitary isn't secreting it or if something in the liver is stopping it.
When it was over, Zachary ate a huge slice of cheese pizza in the hospital food court.
Zachary had a hard week. We also realized his vision isn't what it should be so we took him to the Walmart Optical and sure enough, he's near-sighted. His glasses should come in some time this week. He's not very happy about having to wear glasses. He thinks he'll look like a nerd. Steve and I helped him pick out a nice-looking pair. Ashton wanted him to get "Chris Sligh" looking glasses. We strongly discouraged this. | 
