I went in to see Isobel today just after 5pm. She was asleep when I arrived and had apparently been unusually sleepy all day. She had eaten only part of her breakfast and lunch but had drank well. possibly this tiredness may be a reaction to yesterday.

Tea arrived shortly after I did. Isobel was easy to wake and ate the first course very well, despite her head falling to the left hand side all the time. The nurses had a problem with this during the day and her head was supported by a combination of rolled up towels and pillows. Isobel also ate her yogurt for dessert without any problems and moved on to drink a beaker of fruit juice. We chatted for a while and watched television. Isobel was able to clearly indicate that she was enjoying her tea, and later that she wanted me to read some off her book to her. She was also pleased to hear that I had been working on getting her car back on the road again.

I read to Isobel from The Hobbit. We have made a very slow start on this book and have only got to page twenty. Isobel enjoys it, but seems to fall asleep quickly. Today we managed about six pages. After she had slept for about twenty minutes I woke her, without any difficulty. She easily ate a pot of balanced supplement and then drank a beaker of blackcurrant squash. She was getting a little tired as she drank the squash and we had a problem with it sliding out of the left hand side of her mouth, so her head had to be frequently realigned, but the squash was finished fairly quickly. This was five lots of eating and drinking in a single visit which cannot often be achieved. We talked for a short while before Isobel fell asleep again. This was a constructive visit that found Isobel more responsive than she has been for a long time. I left for home at five to eight, but after a tour of DIY stores finally got home for dinner at nearly half past nine.