Isobel had a shower first thing this morning. This always tires her out a great deal and she was very soundly asleep when Jane and Derek visited just before 10am. I had suggested to Jane that this might be a good time to find Isobel awake, not realising she was going to have a shower! Jane said that she looked very peaceful, so they did not try to wake her and only stayed for a short period of time. She had eaten all her breakfast.

Isobel ate all her lunch. In the afternoon Pat and Denis Ball dropped into see Isobel. After they had been there for about half an hour Keith and Liz arrived, so she did very well for visitors today. Keith said that Isobel had her eyes open for the whole of their visit and for much of the time seemed to listen to conversation and respond. Keith thought that this was the best condition he had seen Isobel in for some time.

I arrived about twenty minutes after Keith and Liz had left, a few minutes after five o'clock. Isobel's tea had just arrived and the carer was worried he was not able to wake her. I took over the task of feeding her and managed to wake her with just a little difficulty. She ate both courses of her meal without major problems but became rather tired towards the end of dessert. She had a few sips of tea. Isobel gave a few slurred yes/no responses to conversation and we agreed a short break before she took the rest of her drink. Within a few minutes she was very soundly asleep and it was clear she would not finish the tea.

I let Isobel sleep for almost an hour, then tried to wake her to see if she would drink a beaker of blackcurrant squash. She did not wake properly, not opening her mouth fully when taking a couple of part spoonfuls, and I let her sleep for another twenty minutes. She woke briefly and drank half a beaker of squash, falling asleep between mouthfuls and finally falling deeply asleep. She had drunk fairly well earlier in the day, so I gave up trying to get her to drink the rest of the squash. The nurse who gives her the medicines later in the evening will try to get the rest of the squash down her at the same times. I massaged and manipulated Isobel's right arm which still looks OK. I went home at twenty past eight; leaving Isobel fast asleep.