Sorry, went rather quiet there.
Things sadly went as expected in terms of Sausages condition and the vet operating made an executive decision regarding how to proceed due to her "stray with a potential but not definite home" status.
The good part is, Sausage herself is recovering and I received a text today telling me it was a thumbs up from a home I checked out for her as the landlord has given permission for her to move in. This lad was talking to me online earlier and assures me he'd go without rather than Sausage wanting for anything and she'll be loved immensely. So the two main criteria to me.
He's more than happy for me to pop and see how she's doing too, which is ace.
The costs were covered but sadly the op was more complicated due to her condition so there's now a little to pay at the vets.
Also in the last couple of days, managed to find a home for an 11 year old torti that had been left at a cattery and was at threat of euthanasia. An old acquaintance of mine felt she'd room for one more (she has three permanents and a part timer
) so she took the rather lovely older lady on. She's already met the other cats with minimum disruption so hopefully things will continue that way.