I went in to see Isobel a few minutes after 5pm. Isobel was awake when I arrived. A nurse was with her and reported that she had a good day. She ate all her breakfast, had not been sick, but had eaten only part of a pot of balanced supplement this morning. It is thought that she ate her lunch, but the record had not been completed and the person who fed her could not be asked.

I fed Isobel her tea with no problems. She drank half a beaker of tea after and ate a pot of balanced supplement. We talked for some time, she was able to make a few yes or no responses to questions. Isobel is not in any pain. She was pleased to hear that I had a long telephone conversation with her school friend Gaynor who is recovering well from illness. Isobel did not want me to read to her. She drank a beaker of blackcurrant squash and then went to sleep.

I felt much happier with Isobel's general performance today, she seemed relaxed and stable. There was little sign of the congestion that has troubled her for some days. I left the Centre at half seven.