Today was shower day for Isobel. These are of course unavoidable and are now given at longer intervals but often have the effect of tiring Isobel and disturbing most of the day. Isobel had started the day well but was sick immediately after the shower was given. She did have a pot of balanced supplement later and a drink but fell very soundly asleep for the rest of the morning.

Iona took Euan in at mid-day. They arrived as one of the carers was trying to wake Isobel for her lunch; it was impossible to do so and Isobel slept throughout their visit. When they had been with their mother for about half an hour Ellie arrived, having gone into the care home forming the other half of the building containing the Neurodisability Centre and therefore arriving at Isobel's room from an unexpected direction which seemed to confuse Euan! I gather the three of them sat with Isobel and chatted for half an hour or so, all leaving at the same time.

I went in to see Isobel at a quarter past five. Dallas and Mike were already with her (having left Alice parked in the car outside!). Isobel was sort of half awake, with her eyes sometimes open but not responding much. We chatted for a few minutes until tea arrived, then I began feeding Isobel the first course of scrambled eggs and tomatoes. Isobel ate well and fairly quickly and it was soon finished. Dallas and Mike went to take Alice home, I had completely failed to see her in the car park. Isobel moved on to eat a small bowl of yogurt without any problems. We tried some thickened tea - I wanted to get her to take two drinks and it helps to have two different types of drink. Isobel had drunk three quarters of the tea before it began to liquify again and become both unpalatable and difficult to handle so the remainder of the beaker was left not drunk. Isobel was tired and dozed off for a quarter of an hour.

When Isobel woke she ate a pot of balanced supplement without difficulty. Today was another day on which Isobel was very tired but managed to eat well. Swallowing was variable, sometimes being strong and decisive but often being weak and needing several attempts to clear her mouth. The new speech and language therapist will come to see Isobel at 5pm next Thursday. I tried to talk to Isobel about how she felt but she was too tired to give any response. She fell soundly asleep.

I woke Isobel after almost half an hour. She drank a full beaker of blackcurrant squash very easily. I washed her face and tidied the room; then settled down to read to her. After about a quarter of an hour she fell asleep. I left at 8pm.