After a difficult night, today was much like yesterday. Isobel was fairly active and breakfast, bathing and dressing caused no unusual problems. Iona came over at 9am and dropped her mother off at the hospice. For the first time ever I used the whole of the respite break to catch up on sleep, but afterwards felt more tired than usual.

When I collected Isobel from the hospice she again had a walk to the more distant car park. This time it was much more difficult than yesterday and by the time we got to the car Isobel was barely able to walk at all and I was supporting about half of her weight. Isobel had declined to use both the wheelchair and a rest on a bench half way along the walk. When we got home most of the signs of exhaustion had gone, but Isobel's balance and walking remained poor for the rest of the day. As a result of a major lift breakdown which makes the lower ground floor unavailable, Isobel will not go to the hospice on Thursday. She has a packed programme for tomorrow so may well be very tired anyway on Thursday morning.

Isobel had steak pie, baked potato and onion rings for dinner, followed by rhubarb crumble. She went up to bed at about half eight and watched television and dozed until about 11pm.