Tortoise operation

[kazzie]

Hi,
I am not sure if its advice or re assurance I need,
Our female herman tortoise (Mrs tortoise) who is 8/9 years old, we have had her since she was about 18 months, hadn't been herself for a few days, not much energy and hardly eating and had a swelling along her tail end. We took her to our tortoise vet on Friday, who diagnosed a prolapse, she was x rayed and the x ray showed 2 eggs, she was kept in and given an injection to try and encourage the eggs out, she had 2 of these injections to no avail. therefore Saturday lunch time, they heavily sedated her, and tried to break the egg, and surgically remove it, unfortunately the egg was too hard to break and moved up the canal, so the only option we have now is for her to have a major operation, where they cut through the plastron and remove the eggs, they will also spay her at the same time, so we/she doesn't have to go through this again.
Its costing us around £1000 but she is one of the family, so well worth it.
I am after advice on anyone who has been through this, tips on what to do when we get her home, how dangerous is the anaesthetic for her...
The vet did explain a lot but when your in shock its hard to remember everything.....
Any advice greatly received.. Kazzie