I went in to see Isobel just after a quarter to five. She did not drink anything after I left last night but had drunk well today. She ate porridge for breakfast and a pot of balanced supplement after. She ate half her lunch and a pot of balanced supplement after.

She was asleep when I arrived but woke fairly easily and I began giving her a drink of blackcurrant squash. She was half way through this when tea arrived. She ate the first course fairly quickly, although there were two longish pauses while she got over one minor and one larger spluttering event, the latter covering me and the chair in a spray of food. Isobel had some of the remaining squash to wash down the first course. She ate dessert of chocolate mousse easily and finished off the squash. By now she was showing signs of tiredness. The drink of juice that had arrived with the meal had a strange aroma of strawberries, indicating I think that one of the high energy shots had been added. After a break of only a couple of minutes while I cleared up, Isobel drank the juice easily but slowly, with long pauses between mouthfuls.

When we had finished the eating and drinking I started reading to Isobel from her book. After only two pages she fell soundly asleep. Isobel's arms were about the same as yesterday. She was not able to reply to questions today. I left at ten past seven and delivered election leaflets until 9.30pm.