We have just been over to pick Millie up after yet another balloon dilation procedure.
He is really, really pleased with her and has managed to dilate to 7mm today (which means nothing to me but he is very pleased). He has put her on a new feeding regime and asked us to continue with the ID (we were going to change as it is just so expensive). And to encourage us to stick at it he has given us a tray of 12 tins of 12 and 12 tins of another very high fat food to help boost her up - probably around £40 worth of food in total.
He doesn't want to see her again until next Friday, possibly to carry out another dilation, but has said that I am to ring him on Wednesday to have a chat about how she is going. But we must ring if we are having any concerns in the meantime.
I mentioned that I would struggle with the feeding on Thursday as I am out all day (adoption panel followed by governors meetings) so he has booked her into the surgery for the day and says that if we take her food and medication with her the nurses will look after her and there will be no charge. He says that she is as good as gold in the cage and all the staff love her so no one minds looking after her.
He also said that we weren't to worry about money as we are at the limit of our insurance now. He is going to put it through as two separate claims and see if the insurance company will accept it but if not he says that as they have made so much money out of little Millie they will do a couple of dilation procedures free and any others at a reduced cost. He said that no way will we be stopping the treatment because of cost - we have all come too far for that.
He reminded us that we weren't to worry about her weight - that if it went down that wasn't ideal but it doesnt matter. The main thing is sorting out her throat and that it will take months of hard work feeding wise to get her back to her old weight and we couldn't rush that.
I could snog him, I really could.
