Leeann, Greetings, You wrote about Maui's itchy body the other day. In cases such as this, where the patient has had a long history of dis-ease, we would expect the curative reaction to take a long time. He should not have an exceptional level of discomfort during this time, but these cases take a long time to restore to balance and harmony.
Some cases are, in fact, incurable.
In cases such as these, the best we can do is to continue to palliate their symptoms without overtly causing a deterioration of health. Now, I am not saying that your pup is an incurable case, nor am I saying to accept palliation. What you do need to realize is that this pup has a difficult case, and this case has been treated for a relatively short period of time. Going back to the basics, you and your veterinarian need to look at the symptoms in the entire context of the case and considering the therapies used. I would expect the symptoms to disappear in the reverse order of their appearance, and I would expect very transient returns of old symptoms as the case progressed.