I went in to see Isobel at a quarter past five. She was asleep when I arrived. She ate all her porridge for breakfast, and later ate a pot of balanced supplement. She ate three quarters of her main course at lunchtime and followed this by eating all the yogurt dessert and a pot of balanced supplement.

Tea arrived at half past five. Isobel was easy to wake. She ate the main course very slowly but without problems. A nurse appeared in order to give her medication when she had a few mouthfuls left and we agreed she would return in five minutes: I would not start on the high energy drink or yogurt dessert until after she had the medication. For some reason or another the medication was delayed for forty minutes and then took a quarter of an hour to administer. As a consequence, Isobel was more tired and eating her yogurt and drinking a beaker of high energy drink took ages, with the usual problem of clenched teeth happening a lot. Isobel fell very soundly asleep at once. I went home at twenty to nine.