A very trying day ..

Mum seems to be declining - but that's the nature of the disease, I suppose.

Bathroom activities are very heavily supervised - instructions given for every single action. I have been leaving her to it at certain points for the sake of privacy but I don't think I can do that any longer.

Mum spent the whole morning sleeping - occasionally I tried to wake her because it seems that it would be better if she were awake during the day and asleep at night, but she's nearly 88, maybe I should just leave her to it. I end up feel like a dreadful, nagging control freak.

She's hardly eating, hardly drinking and was finding everything 'odd' - her drink, a tea tray, her crisps ..

Maybe she's had another TIA - who knows.

I escaped for a couple of hours in the afternoon and got some awful photos of a very fine male hen harrier.