He popped her on the scales and she had stayed the same. He said that she was looking very good - coat nice and sleek and not looking emaciated anymore (I can tell she is putting on weight as her new coat is starting to fit better) and that she was definitely very bouncy.
He said that we can get rid of two out of the three medicines she is on but get rid of one first, see how she is for a week and then get rid of the other one. He let me chose which one to get rid of first so I opted for the one that she has 3 times a day and has to have at least 30 minutes before a meal as it is such a pain. He wants her to stay on one tablet for a while longer but that is the easiest one - 1/2 tablet twice a day in food. I can take her off the ID now too, providing she continues to put on weight although he said that the weight gain will start to slow down now as she has got past the critical stage.
He said that he doesn't envisage her being spoon fed for ever but our expectation should be of it taking a year to get her to a "normal" feeding state (which means us not hand feeding her, but not like she was before) rather than a few months. He said that way we won't have unrealistic expectations.
He had bought a dog food maze bowl that he had seen at a show for us to try out. He wonders if we put either dry food (which she isn't ready to have yet) or tinned food in it she would eat it slowly as she would have to work at getting it out. That way we could let her feed herself (under supervision) although the maze would have to be lifted off the ground (he suggested nailing it to a wooden stool). She is being looked after at the surgery tomorrow as I am at head office all day so he has asked the nurses to give it a go - save me the stress and mess of trying.
It is one of these
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He doesn't need to see her again unless we have any concerns and suggested that I bring her in once every 3 weeks to be weighed and just to touch base. He is usually at the Wirksworth surgery on a Tuesday afternoon so I will make my appointments for then when he is around. It will be odd not being in constant touch with the vets after all this time - although he did say that one of the nurses will ring us each week for the forseeable future to see how we are getting on and to make sure he knows about any small things that might have happened.
She was in very high spirits whilst we were there - and I was telling how well she was doing. He said that the vomitting and diorhea at the weekend was almost definitely the oil that she got at and when he looked at her mouth he couldn't see anything as that has gone down now. She then came home, had her first meal of the evening and was promptly sick.
He hasn't heard back from the insurance company but has sent his letter off. He will let me know if they get in touch with them. But I did get to see the bill when he called it up on screen (I have been putting off asking). It now stands at just under £2500 (I think). Our insurance limit, if treated as one case, is £4000 and they have paid out just under £1800 so far. That leaves us with £2200 left for them to pay so if they refuse to treat it as two claims it looks like we will have around £300 which doesn't seem too bad considering! He has told me not to contact the insurance company - just to leave the ball in their court and wait and see what happens.
You have worked so hard to get her better, she's such a lovely dog and I'm so pleased for you!!!!! 
