I went in to see Isobel at 5pm. Tea arrived soon afterwards - ham and tomato sandwiches followed by a very large helping of jelly and cream. As usual this was eaten rapidly, washed down by a mug of fruit juice. Isobel also had some shortbread biscuits shortly after.

We spent an hour or so tidying up various bits of paperwork, Isobel signed her admission form with her best signature for months but then struggled to sign another item. She has to put in such an effort to concentrate on one signature, so in future I won't ask her to do two at a time. I had remembered to bring in a bottle of Ribena, also a bottle of orange squash. I gave the nurse Isobel's NHS exemption number - it had only just occurred to me that they might need it, while they had forgotten for several days to ask me for it.

Isobel then finished off a half eaten box of chocolate truffles amazingly fast. Although she often has a box of biscuits or sweets on the table by her bed, as far as I can tell she hardly touches them unless she has visitors. We sat and chatted for twenty minutes before I went home at a quarter past seven. Isobel was fairly good during this visit; although her speech became a little worse towards the end of the visit, her general demeanor was cheerful.