I arrived at the Centre just before noon and was surprised to find that Isobel had already finished eating her lunch, she had cleared the plate completely. I noticed that Dallas and Mike had dropped in for an hour and a half yesterday afternoon, but have not been able to speak to them as they are in Ramsgate.

The nurse who had fed Isobel her lunch said that she had not eaten breakfast but had a yogurt part way through the morning. She said that Isobel (or more precisely her throat muscles) was now too tired to swallow a drink, we agreed I would offer her one later in my visit when her muscle strength had recovered. Isobel was fairly alert and able to respond to questions with one word answers. I updated her on family events and we discussed yesterday's rugby matches. I then read to Isobel for more than half an hour from her book. She was starting to fall asleep, and appeared to be fully asleep within a couple of minutes of me stopping reading. We have now read more than three quarters of the book, "I capture the castle" by Dodie Smith who also wrote "One hundred and one Dalmations"; well over three hundred pages.

I let Isobel sleep for more than half an hour until twenty five past one. I then woke her, which only took a few minutes. I made up a beaker of thickened blackcurrant squash which she drank fairly quickly, in about ten minutes with a couple a long rests during this time. We chatted for a while, her comments still restricted to single words, and went home at a few minutes before two o'clock.

Donna and Denis went in to see Isobel later in the afternoon. They found her alert and giving clear answers and comments in conversation (as far as I can judge, better than when I visited). They gave her some further drink.