I went in to see Isobel at noon. She was asleep when I arrived but awoke fairly easily when her dinner arrived a few minutes later. She had eaten her breakfast and drunk well during the morning.

I was able to feed Isobel her main course and dessert fairly easily and quickly but she fell asleep immediately after. I did not immediately wake her for a drink as she had her medication in the middle of the meal along with 150ml of water.

I woke Isobel; once again fairly easily; at a quarter past one. She took a little while to become fully awake but then drank a beaker of fruit juice without any difficulty. I manipulated her right arm and massaged it. The swelling is no well controlled. Isobel quickly fell asleep again but appeared to be comfortable. She did not speak a single word during this visit. I left at a quarter to two.

Today was Euans twenty seventh birthday. Iona had finished work in the early afternoon, having worked through her lunch hour, she picked up some steak on the way to our house and Euan cooked his own birthday dinner of steak, roast potatoes, peas and beans: it was delicious. Iona stayed until just after 9pm.

Tomorrow the speech and language therapist will come into the centre at 11am in the hope of observing Isobel eat.