I went in to see Isobel at just before mid-day. The early visit was because of snow forecast for this afternoon and evening and also I am teaching in Petts Wood tonight. The roads were clear, there had been only a light dusting of snow overnight although 15cm to 20cm is expected tonight. A few flakes of snow were falling as I came in, but had stopped by the time I returned home.

Isobel was awake when I arrived. Her speech was as good as yesterday and there was hardly any trace of the chest problem. I fed Isobel her lunch. The first course was sausages, mashed potato, diced swede and a huge pile of cabbage which, to me, smelt disgusting but Isobel thoroughly enjoyed it. For afters there was a very large helping of sponge pudding with custard, it reminded me of school dinners but Isobel enjoyed it also. We chatted for half an hour, and Isobel ate three shortbread biscuits and a small bar of milk chocolate. Isobel was able to eat the biscuits on her own but needed to be fed the chocolate piece by piece. I read Isobel a few more pages of the book Jessica left before Christmas, she was able to explain some details of the plot which surprised and pleased me. It is clear that she is back to the condition she was in last week and the problems earlier this week were a passing phase. I went home just after 1pm.