Isobel slept until half past eight. Iona and Jon came round at half nine. Iona helped to get Isobel ready and looked after her while I went to the shops. Jon went off to play football at 1pm, Iona gave Isobel and myself a lift to Keith's house for the final Saturday of the tri-nations - Keith had recorded the New Zealand:Australia game for us earlier in the morning.

Everything went smoothly until half time, when Isobel needed to go to the toilet. She had been lying on the sofa and was unable to stand up. Normally she will accept a helping hand, and the problem is solved in a few seconds. On this occasion she refused all offers of help and became very agitated and angry, sometimes shouting and swearing and throwing herself backwards if any effort to help her was made. It took 55 minutes before she could be helped to the toilet. Afterwards we had snacks and cake and watched the second half of the game without incident. A short while after the match had ended, further difficulties arose when Isobel wanted to go to the toilet again; after about ten minutes we decided Keith would drive us home and I helped Isobel up when she was off guard.

When we got home, there were no more problems about being helped to stand up. Isobel watched the video of the stage performance of Summer Holiday that Steve had lent her.
Isobel had chicken curry for dinner followed by ice cream. Isobel went up to bed at about 8pm but watched television until about 10pm.