NIH Day 7 - Last Day

Our last day at NIH Macey was released around 9 am and was bound and determined to get to the Zoo.  Now after our experience at the Aquarium (all 2 hallways of it) we weren't expecting much.   Especially since it was in the city and free.  

We  collected our bags from the Children's Inn and left them with the transportation area at the hospital in a cabinet/locker.  The taxi that the study nurse had set up for us would be at the clinic at 3 pm.  So we headed from clinic to the Metro and rode to the Cleveland Park station. 

This is the neatest suburb/neighborhood I've seen in a while.  I really enjoyed walking through there.   It had our bank (wish we had known about it the day before because it wasn't as far away from clinic as going completely into DC) and a CVS and of course Starbucks.  Plus a ton of other neat restaurants, stores, and the Zoo.  The Zoo metro stop is about the same walking distance to the Connecticut Avenue entrance to the Zoo and parking is limited and expensive ($7-12) so they encourage mass transit to the Zoo. When we go there at 10 the parking lots were already full.  During the  summer it opens at 6 am for walking around and the houses/exhibits open at 10:30.  Lots of food offered but you can also take in picnics and they have plenty of tables and green space to have the picnics.  Really a great experience and definitely something we'll go back to when we return to NIH. 

While we were at NIH they spoke to us about Les participating in the same CVID study as Macey.  He was consented while there, went through admissions and now has a medical record number and will be returning for his own study.   We made it back to the Medical Center metro station with minutes to spare, caught the shuttle to Building 10 and jumped in the cab.  We had plenty of time in the airport and grabbed a bite then headed for Atlanta. 

We were able to come in on the tail end of Katie's play and thankfully have tickets to Sunday's matinee.  All in all I think the trip was very beneficial and look forward to seeing what they  can do for Les.