I arrived to see Isobel at 4pm. I had intended to see if she would have a drink well before tea arrived but was intercepted by a nurse who said that she had just finished giving Isobel a very late lunch and she had fallen fast asleep after. Isobel had little to eat or drink earlier in the day and it had not been possible to wake her at the normal lunchtime. Isobel was certainly very soundly asleep, I sat with her and read the book I had brought with me (the biography of Paul Dirac) for an hour.

When tea arrived it was somewhat difficult to wake Isobel. It took about ten minutes before she took the first full mouthful, but thereafter she ate the first course, scrambled eggs and tomatoes, fairly quickly and without problems. Isobel was again rather unresponsive, although slightly better than in the past few days. She did not say anything in reply to conversation. Both her arms looked OK.

After a break of only about five minutes, Isobel ate her yogurt dessert easily and quickly. She also drank a beaker of blackcurrant, but afterwards was very tired and fell asleep before I could start reading to her from The Hobbit. I washed Isobel's face but she slept on. I sat with her until a quarter past seven before coming home. I formed the impression that despite the eating problems and sleepiness that Isobel was a little better than yesterday.