NSString *roomnumber = (NSString *)[newPatient objectForKey:@"roomNumber"];

    NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http//norkelton.com/room/%d",roomnumber];

   // NSString *encodedString = [urlString stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];



    NSURL *theURL = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];



    //request

    NSMutableURLRequest *theRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:theURL];// cachePolicy:

    [theRequest setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];

    [theRequest setHTTPShouldHandleCookies:YES];



    //cookies

    NSDictionary * headers = [NSHTTPCookie requestHeaderFieldsWithCookies:[[Cookies sharedCookies] cookies]];

    [theRequest setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];



    //body of request

    NSString *bodyString = newPatient.JSONRepresentation;

    NSData *bodyData = [bodyString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

    [theRequest setHTTPBody:bodyData];



    NSHTTPURLResponse *response;



    //NSError *theError = NULL;

    NSData *theResponseData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:theRequest returningResponse:&response error:nil];

    NSLog(@"status code: %d\n",[response statusCode]);



    NSLog(@"RESPONSE HEADERS: \n%@", [response allHeaderFields]);

    NSString *theResponseString = [[[NSString alloc] initWithData:theResponseData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] autorelease];

    NSLog(@"******************************------------------%@\n",theResponseString);