Forgot to mention that she'd 'performed' after six days of bowel inactivity! Hooray for Lactulose!
Isn't it amazing the things in life that can bring you such joy 
Must get out more. Must get out more. Must . . .
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Evening all!
Sorry I haven’t posted for a while. I’ve had so little sleep that I hardly know what day it is!
It’s been a rollercoaster since I last posted.
Had an emergency trip to Vet this week because the feeding tube had partially come out.
We saw the Vet again on Wednesday and, because of Fluff’s minimal improvement, we decided to give her another two weeks and see whether to continue.
Yesterday, I fed her via a syringe into her mouth, which went well.
Today we went to see the Nurse to check on the feeding tube. All OK, but I was feeling quite despairing about the future.
When we came home I thought I’d try and feed her from a spoon, so that she could lap the food up by herself. To my utter amazement, she polished off the lot as though she hadn’t been fed for a year! So her brain to mouth/tongue connection is back in working order.
So that’s cheered us up!
Still her legs to work on though. They just won’t co-operate 
Blinko to answer your question - if I ask HQ to change the thread title, it may make it difficult for those who’ ve been following the thread to find it.
Hope you all have a lovely weekend. Thank you for sticking with us 
Very best wishes to you and Fluff for a happy and healthier future - and a lovely weekend
Thank you again you lovely lot as soop would say!
I read through this whole thread yesterday and two things struck me:
Your kind words and cheering us on have made such a difference and are so appreciated
Secondly, I'd almost forgotten just how critically ill Fluff was at the beginning and how much she's improved. Initially, she couldn't even breathe on her own!
On a lighter note, she has made me laugh a couple of times. Her back legs did things on their own volition and, when she was lying down, one would go rigid and fling itself forward with its paw touching her ear. She was obviously aware of it, but couldn't move it herself. However, the last few days when it's been doing that, she's thought to herself that, as it was in a handy position, she may as well groom it!! So she's been giving it a quick wash and brush up
I'm collecting her early evening, so will be continuing the regime as before, I think. It wasn't until I was telling DD what was involved that I realised how full on it all is. No wonder I'm knackered!!
Hope you all have a good day, supposed to be good weather I think. 
Thank you all
Fluff was cradled in my arms this morning - like a baby - and she looked me squarely in the eye (still not sure what, if anything, she can see, though) and I felt a movement. When I looked, she was stretching out her back legs, parallel with the floor, in a totally controlled way! Her back legs have been doing their own thing and usually end up waving around her ears uncontrollably.
Every time we think it's hopeless, she suddenly surprises us!
Hope she's enjoying her mini-break!
Hi Squiffy, You must be shattered. Hope you can get some sleep during the respite care.
You have done everything you possibly can ... and more ... and given Fluff all the love in the world to get her through this. I hope you don't have to make that dreadful decision that we pet lovers always dread, but vets usually have the animal's best interests as priority, even when it breaks the family's heart, and so your vet's advice will be paramount although they don't actually like to tell you what to do as the choice has to be the owner's.
When it was my own lovely boy, the vet was so kind and caring and sweet that it took me a few minutes to understand the message she was trying to get across. In the end we were both in tears.
Fingers crossed that your vet will feel that Fluff has turned the corner and that eventually all will be well.
for you and (((hugs)))
xx
Thank you Humpty. I know what you mean, but her purring is appropriate in the sense that it's always when something nice is being done to her or we talk to her.
Hilda The Vet and, especially the Nurses, deserve the credit, they've been wonderful.
Yesterday, I wondered if the Nurses who'd been caring for her would come and visit her during the appointment with the Nurse and, sure enough, they all came in to join us! A proper lump in the throat moment! How lucky we've been
Update from visit to Nurse yesterday.
Although Fluff is improving, it looks as though her sight is still affected, which may now be permanent.
She's getting stronger, but I really don't know if we're doing the right thing carrying on.
She's still displaying constant signs of nausea, which must be rotten.
It makes it so much harder when she will keep purring whenever you go near her or cuddle and stroke her, it builds our hopes up.
I'm trying desperately hard to separate my emotions from considering her future well-being, and failing miserably.
Fluff's going back to the Vet's tomorrow for a day and night's respite, I'm exhausted. Not having much sleep has caught up with me!
Sorry that this is such a dismal post, I think I just needed to vent.
Even the weather's bloody miserable today!
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