Sad news I am afraid, although Matilda looked so well when Donna took her to our vet yesterday, he said that her tail was completely detached, there was so much bowel damage that it would be impossible to heal, she possibly looked so content as she had no feeling in the damaged area.
Apparently it is quite a long story and more involved than we were initially told. Our vet was shocked that another vet had released the cat to us when in reality the kindest thing to do was let her go.
I am sure you all know that if there was a chance no matter how much it cost Matilda would have been given that chance.