Isobel was very poorly this morning. Her speech was very difficult to understand and her balance was as bad as it has ever been, She said that she felt ill, but could not describe in what way or whether any particular part of the body was involved. We decided not to go early to Maidstone Hospital for the blood test and she did perk up a bit later in the morning. We heard this morning that our friend Denis' sister died a couple of days ago, she had been ill with cancer.

We lunched just after noon and left for Maidstone at about a quarter past one. We parked very close to where the blood tests are done and decided to walk, even though the wheelchair was in the car boot. Isobel had no trouble, apart from being very slow, with the walk in which was a bit less than a hundred yards. The blood test went smoothly but the results will not be available for Monday morning because samples for Phenytoin assay are sent to another hospital and the procedure takes a while. Isobel had trouble after 30 yards on the way back to the car and needed a great deal of support. We came straight back to Iona's and stayed there for a couple of hours.

Isobel had steak pie, boiled potatoes and vegetable surprise for dinner. (The surprise was the huge amount of green beans, peas and carrots served!) Isobel was tired and went to bed early. All symptoms have been very bad today. Today was the 35th anniversary of Anne's death.