Having gone to sleep on the sofa about 10pm, Isobel woke up at midnight and insisted on watching television. I went to bed and Euan tried to move her upstairs at about 3am. Eventually between us we convinced her to go to bed shortly before 4am. Isobel slept until 11.40am.

Apart from an argument with Iona at lunchtime, Isobel seemed more relaxed today. Her walking was again a little better and she was having slightly less difficulty getting out of chairs. In the first part of the day her speech was still poor. I had an e-mail from Maidstone Hospital saying they were considering the next scan and would be in touch.

Isobel had chicken and potato slices in vegetable sauce for dinner. The three of us watched the football, Isobel made sensible comments, her speech improved and she was able to work out how much longer the game had to go by looking at the onscreen clock - this has been beyond her for about a year. During half time Isobel had raspberry ripple ice cream and tangerine jelly, after the game she had garlic bread. Isobel fell asleep on the sofa at about 11pm.