Will Falconer, DVM Moderator
It sounds like graphites has helped, and I'd hang in there with your vet to see where she's heading. "Responding" to a remedy can be a discharge, as in the ears, but it shouldn't be prolonged or difficult. It should be tolerable and your dog feels and acts better as the response proceeds. "Got bad then cleared up" twice sounds like the vital force is working.
Both of these remedies are vaccinosis remedies, yes.