Thanks Gary. The eye will be a slow process but seems to be going in the right direction. We are hopeful. More of a worry is the misshapen appearance of her abdomen, suggesting a mass but the vets seem reasonably relaxed about that as its not causing discomfort yet. She's a tough dog to weigh up with regards to pain, she seems to bear it so stoically and without fuss. That's how the eye got so bad, she was not showing signs of distress and the ulcer is below her lid.
A coincidence this morning was a flashback to happier times, when a video memory popped up on Facebook of her learning to swim with her (now passed) older brother Piper. This was ten years ago, when she was young, fit and full of energy. The video is linked below for anyone that does Facebook. She's the one with the pink collar...
https://www.facebook.com/1234377364/...3500815421069/