I went in to see Isobel just before four o'clock, rather later than I intended as I had to drop Euan off in Gravesend. Isobel was fast asleep and it took fifteen minutes to rouse her. She finished off a beaker of fruit squash. Once she was properly awake we chatted for a bit and then I read some of Jessica's book to her. While I was reading Isobel shut her eyes and appeared asleep but was listening as she could comment on what I had read. Isobel was alert once she had woken up and was in a good mood but did not talk a great deal.

I fed her tea consisting of a large hot dog roll with onions followed by sponge cake with cream. She did not have any difficulty eating, but was very slow to drink a beaker of tea and seemed to have a problem getting her head in a good position to drink - dribbles of tea tended to run from the left side of her lips. While she was drinking her tea, a carer appeared and said that she had noticed this morning that Isobel was apparently having trouble turning her head. She had reported this to a nurse and they had tried to encourage her to turn her head but failed. It was not clear if this was merely perhaps a stiff neck from sleeping in an unusual position or whether it was connected with the tumour progression. It has been noted for follow up. I asked Isobel to turn her head but she did not seem able to do so; she said that she had no pain or discomfort in the neck, nor any headache.

After drinking the tea, Isobel had a banana to eat. I left at twenty to six as I was teaching this evening.

Dallas was going to come in to see Isobel today, I am not certain whether she came in later.