I went in to see Isobel just before 5pm. She was asleep when I arrived. She had eaten her breakfast but had missed her lunch as she was asleep. She had not drunk much during the day. A disaster had befallen the hyacinths brought in by Pat and Dennis ball, two of the three heads had been detached when the pot fell off the window sill although their scent still filled the room.

Isobel woke fairly easily and I gave her a beaker of thickened blackcurrant squash to drink, she managed this without any problem but was clearly very tired. She said nothing except for a couple of poorly enunciated "yes" and "no" responses. I held the hyacinth flowers for her to smell their strong scent but their was no response, I do not know if she was able to detect the scent. We watched television but Isobel's eyes were not directed at the screen for much of the time. She dozed off a couple of times.

Tea arrived very late at about a quarter to six. Isobel ate the meat, mashed potato and veg with no problems, it was a fairly large helping. She began to drink a beaker of tea, but needed several short rests before she could finish it. I manipulated and massaged Isobel's right arm, it was not very swollen and was fairly flexible. I tried to carry on a conversation but Isobel was unable to say anything other than one word answers and these were very weakly spoken. She was not in any pain and was comfortable. I left at a quarter to seven, Isobel was drifting off to sleep again.