I spent most of the day plastering and cutting wood in the living room and was very late going in to see Isobel. It was after half seven when I arrived at the Centre. Isobel was asleep and I spent the first quarter of an hour marking up some more clothes Iona had sorted out for Isobel. Isobel was reported as having had a good day although she was asleep for much of the time. She had eaten all her meals without any problems.

I woke Isobel and massaged her right arm. She drank a beaker of thickened tea without any difficulty. Her speech was very limited, mainly single words said unclearly, just a few three or four word phrases. I had hoped the two increases in steroid dose would have helped her speech, they certainly seem to have helped her swallowing. It is possible her speech might have been better earlier in the day, but I am not sure - the nurses and carers say they get very little speech from her.

I did some re-organising in the room and removed the yellow glass bubble lamp which has ceased functioning. Isobel confirmed she would like some of her book read to her, so I did this for twenty minutes until she fell asleep. I prepared to leave, but Isobel woke up, she was clearly tired but her speech was a little better than it had been before. We talked for a few minutes, until Isobel asked for the light to be turned off. I settled her down for the night and went home at a quarter to nine.