I went in to see Isobel at just after 3pm and bumped into Dallas, Mike and Alice in the car park. They had been in to see Isobel while en-route from Milton Keynes to Ramsgate. Isobel had however been soundly asleep for the whole of their visit.

After chatting for a few minutes I went into the Centre and was surprised to find Isobel awake, a carer was about to try and get her to drink some thickened tea. I took over and Isobel managed to drink a third of it before the strange change of state that occurs in thickened tea took place and it turned runny again. I added some more thickening agent - maize starch - this usually works for a few minutes but this time it just became a runny mess with thicker blobs in it, distinctly unappetising. We switched to blackcurrant squash, which is much more palatable when thickened, as well as being stable. Isobel polished of a beaker of this with no difficulty. I have expressed the view to the carers that tea is hardly worth bothering with as Isobel does not seem to appreciate it more than squash, but I think some of them feel they should try to give her a bit of variety. Isobel had ate all her breakfast and all of her lunch today.

I was intending to read some more from The Hobbit today, but instead Isobel began watching a Harry Potter film on television. Isobel seemed happy today but did not try to respond when asked questions although she was more alert than usual. She was not up to the standard of yesterday. After a while Isobel shut her eyes but was still listening to the film and opened her eyes when I asked if she was following it. After some time she dozed off and I left at a quarter past four.

I returned to the Centre just before 8pm, as I had said I would come back in the evening to see if she wanted to be read to. However, Isobel was soundly asleep. She had eaten all of her tea. I sat with her for a while and then went home at half past eight.