Keith and Liz went in to see Isobel this afternoon, but she was fast asleep and theyt were not able to rouse her by reasonable means.

I went in to the Centre at 5pm. Isobel was already awake, but was not as alert as yesterday. Her speech was limited, some three and four word phrases but not as many as yesterday nor as clearly articulated. After we had talked for quarter of an hour tea arrived.

I fed Isobel her first course of scrambled egg and tomatoes; she ate very quickly and this took between five and ten minutes. She drank a beaker of tea quickly. By the time she came to eat her yogurt for dessert she was showing some signs of tiredness when swallowing but, with several long breaks, still finished it without any difficulty. Purely in terms of the ease of feeding her, this was the best meal for several weeks.

Isobel watched television and I talked to her about the programme until half past six. Then I went through the local paper giving her summaries of the interesting news articles - there were not many! She drank a beaker of thickened blackcurrant squash very easily: the consistency is thick enough for it to be spooned into her mouth and the blackcurrant squash produces a more palatable substance than other drinks. Isobel was awake but sleepy when I left at a quarter past seven.