Isobel woke at about 8am. She breakfasted, bathed and dressed without any problems, we were at the hospice by 10.20. I did not see Iona during the day as both she and Jon are ill.

I collected Isobel from the hospice at 3pm. She had a good day there. Louisa and Terri from work came round to see Isobel at 4pm bringing cakes and biscuits, They stayed for an hour or so chatting. Louisa said that Isobel seemed better than on her previous visit last week, apart from her balance; it is useful to have these independent views as I am finding it more difficult to judge day to day changes. Isobel's speech was certainly not too bad. The high point of the visit was caused by myself and Euan not supporting Isobel as she went to sit down in the computer room. She choose a springy cantilever chair which I had positioned partly in front of the living room wall so it would not move back and hit the French windows. Isobel fell into the chair with so much force that it flew back, bounced forward off the wall, fell back again hitting the corner of the wall and breaking off some of the plaster, then bouncing sideways and back, just missing the glass of the French windows. It was really spectacular. Isobel had walked fairly steadily to the chair and myself and Euan had relaxed our vigilance. This is a difficulty we have all the time, we want to let Isobel do as much as possible for herself but at any moment she may lose her balance or make a dangerous misjudgment.

After Louisa and Terri had gone, Euan took over looking after his mother while I had a nap - this is forward planning to ensure I am fresh and rested by Friday as Euan will be away from Friday to Tuesday. As she had a large three course lunch at the hospice, Isobel just had pizza for dinner, followed at about 10pm by some of the cakes Louisa had brought. Isobel was asleep by 11pm.