I went in to see Isobel at five o'clock. She was awake when I arrived and has not been sick today.

I read to Isobel from her book until tea arrived. She was moderately alert and confirmed she was comfortable with no pain. I fed her tea of spaghetti (liquified!) and mashed potato, followed by yogurt. This all went down very easily, in small mouthfuls with pauses in between for her to swallow. The thickened tea was not so successful. Using a spoon (as I had done for thickened squashes yesterday) was tediously slow and I eventually resorted to feeding sips from the open beaker. The whole question of drinks needs a bit of thinking about over the next few days.

After tea I spent a few minutes manipulating Isobel's right arm and fingers, except the second finger which was exceptionally swollen and locked rigid. I had a little bit of trouble with the little finger but the arm itself was not very swollen and very flexible. Isobel's large black teddy bear Rocky, which I brought in yesterday is proving a much better arm support than a pillow. We watched television until half past six. Isobels speech today was a little better, there were a lot of properly constructed sentences although most replies and comments were still one or two words.

I then read some more to Isobel until about ten past seven. I then manipulated the second finger on the right hand and straightened it. With a couple of minutes the swelling substantially decreased. I then read some more to Isobel until she began to seem sleepy, settled her down in the bed and went home at twenty to eight.