I went in to see Isobel at 5pm. She was asleep when I arrived. She had eaten 3/4 of her porridge for breakfast, a pot of balanced supplement during the morning and both parts of her lunch. I woke Isobel easily and before tea arrived she had drunk half of a beaker of blackcurrant squash.

Tea arrived at half past five. She ate the main course moderately quickly without any difficulty. She then finished off the blackcurrant squash. We chatted for a few minutes. Isobel confirmed she was not in pain. Her right arm was still in reasonable condition - it needs watching as she has no control over it and it can become fixed in one position for long periods. I then fed Isobel her cherry yogurt dessert, she had no problems. The swallowing remains weak, often several swallows are needed to clear food from the mouth. There was no spluttering or coughing at all today.

Isobel indicated that she would like some of The Hobbit read to her and I did this for half an hour or so. At about 7pm, if it is sunny, the sun shines directly into Isobel's eyes through the door at the end of the corridor opposite her room; this can be countered by partially closing the door to her room. I don.t think this phenomena will last more than a week or two as it depends on both the horizontal and vertical position of the sun being within very narrow limits. After finishing reading I then gave Isobel a beaker of orange squash to drink. For some reason the squash was thicker than usual, although I thought I had used slightly less than the normal amount of thickener. The squash was still very palatable and easier to load onto a spoon; Isobel finished it quickly without any problem. After this I asked her if she would like some more of her book read, she replied with a very clear and decisive "no". The reason for this became apparent when she fell very soundly asleep in the minute or so it took me to adjust her mobile lights. I left at a quarter to eight. Everything was more relaxed today, she has eaten and drunk well.