Isobel was very tired this morning, and said that she could not go to the hospice day centre, she just wanted to go back to bed and sleep. She was indeed very tired but only slept for a short while after breakfast. She bathed and then sat in bed watching television. I had shown her how some new style pants could be opened at the side, unfortunately she experimented with this and had to move downstairs while the bed was stripped. Isobel's walking was as bad as it has ever been today.

High point of the afternoon was defrosting of the freezer - the vast consumption of vegetables recently has been part of the planning for this. Iona came over at the end of the afternoon and we all had a curry. Isobel washed hers down with two half glasses of red wine - very cheap Hungarian Cabernet Sauvignon from ASDA but a perfect curry wine.

By the evening Isobel's speech was very vague, although it had been better in the morning, continuing the recent trend. Iona stayed until ten, then Isobel began watching television in bed but fell asleep almost at once.