I am deeply deeply devastated. Wattle went downhill rapidly enough that her prognosis for surgery (and recovery afterwards) was incredibly poor.
I elected to not make her suffer any longer, and she was humanely put to sleep while I snuggled her.
Emergency vet with Wattle, who woke up so raspy and gagging. She gagged so much I'm pretty sure she popped her internal stitches. She had a hernia style swelling the size of an egg.
Wrapped her in a sock and vet wrap and here we are at 10pm.