Jane and Derek had said they would go in today to see Isobel; I told them not to stay if she was solidly asleep and this was obviously the case as they made a flying visit for a few minutes this afternoon. I went in to see Isobel a couple of minutes after 5pm. She had eaten breakfast and most of her lunch.

Isobel was asleep when I arrived and I busied myself with a bit of housekeeping in the room until Isobel's tea arrived, a bit later than usual. She woke easily as I massaged and manipulated her right arm for a few minutes. Isobel seemed less tired than she has been for most of the past week. She ate the main, puréed, course without any problems. I had declined the offer of tea on her behalf, instead Isobel had the first half of a beaker of blackcurrant squash. Then Isobel ate a bowl of yogurt as dessert and finished off the blackcurrant squash. Although the whole meal had taken more than forty minutes to consume, it was handled easier than any meal for a while. The replacement of tea with squash was a good move.

After tea we watched television for a while but Isobel fell asleep at a quarter to seven and slept until almost half seven. When she showed signs of being only lightly asleep I woke her and she drank a beaker of orange squash without any problems. I did a bit more massaging and manipulating of her arm. I read some of her book to her, we passed page 400, there are only a few pages left. We have done little reading in the past few days as she has been eating or drinking all the time she is awake. I stopped reading when Isobel fell asleep, I sat with her until I went home at a quarter to nine. Isobel only managed a few unclear words of speech today but was generally much more alert than for the past few days.