Isobel woke at 1am and was perfectly calm. She confirmed she was not hungry. She had a drink and took her second sedative tablet. The strange behavior earlier may have been due to varying sedative levels as the timing of tablets has been a bit variable over the past three days. Isobel went back to sleep at about half one until half six when the bed was found to be wet. Isobel went back to sleep from 7am until after 9am. Sarah Parker from the Ellenor phoned and we arranged for her to fax details of the sedative prescription to the Albion Surgery so that I could pick up a repeat prescription.

Iona came over in the morning and spent time upstairs with her mother. Just after 3pm Tracey Cook 'phoned and asked how yesterday's assessment by the nursing home had gone! Although I had the impression they would contact us either yesterday afternoon or today (and had been on the point of 'phoning Tracey to find out what was going on); Tracey believed the nursing home had made a definite arrangement to contact us yesterday, she said she would chase them up.

When I went to the surgery to pick up the prescription it had not been prepared and they could not immediately locate the fax from the Ellenor. Eventually they found a reference in Isobel's records that would enable them to prepare the prescription, it will be ready for collection tomorrow morning.

With some difficulty I got Isobel into the bath and Iona washed her hair. For the first time I was completely unable to lift Isobel cleanly out of the bath. Eventually Euan and I managed it between us, with Euan taking most of the weight. We had a lot of trouble getting her back to the bedroom and she sat on the floor twice. By the time she was back in bed both Euan and I were exhausted. Iona went home. Tracey Cook 'phoned again to check that the nursing home had contacted us, I confirmed we had still heard nothing, she seemed shocked.

Isobel had beef hot pot for dinner, followed by chocolate ice cream with strawberry and raspberry jelly. Isobel went to sleep soon after 9pm.