Today was out thirty third wedding anniversary.

I went in to see Isobel very briefly in the morning, taking the cards with me to show her. Isobel was asleep throughout my visit and I set them out on her table. Isobel had ate only a small part of her breakfast but had eaten a pot of balanced supplement a little later. She had taken some drinks and had not been sick. The Ameryllis with its four bright red blooms each about six inches across is a fine sight. I took the pot of hyacinths home for repotting.

My brother and Liz went in to see Isobel during the afternoon. She was asleep when they arrived but woke up for three or four minutes a little later, then fell asleep again.

I went in to the Centre again just after five o'clock. Isobel had not eaten lunch as she was too soundly asleep. She eaten a pot of balanced supplement during the afternoon. Over the day she had drunk sufficiently so far. I showed her the anniversary cards and explained their significance. When tea arrived I woke Isobel easily, she was probably close to waking of her own accord. She ate all of both courses of her tea without any problem (although I had again to send back the ice cream - a forbidden substance - which was offered as dessert). Isobel drank a beaker of blackcurrant squash, and dozed off a few minutes later.

Iona arrived at about twenty past six having come straight from work. She showed Isobel her scan pictures from Monday again and talked a lot about babies names! She stayed for about an hour. Isobel fell asleep again after she had left.

I let Isobel sleep until just after eight o'clock, then woke her fairly easily. I put the Liverpool vs Benfica football match on television but Isobel was not at all interested, it seems as if her surprising interest in football has now waned. She ate a pot of balanced supplement. This took much longer than usual as the new vanilla flavour is far less thick than the chocolate form. It does not load well onto a teaspoon and tends to drip more. Isobel then drank a beaker of orange squash without any problems, apart from the usual one caused by her head falling to the left. Isobel only spoke a couple of slurred words today. I read a few more pages of The Hobbit to her, then she fell asleep. I left at twenty five to ten. Although not without problems, today was much better for Isobel than yesterday.