she broke my heart

all princess had to do was hear me open the door to her carrier... she hid all morning knowing she was going for a trip to the vet. when i pulled her out from under the bed she didn't fight me at all (used to that, from when she was so ill a few months ago), she just laid limp in my arms and whimpered. that was enough to ruin my day. she whined all the way to the vet, i took her someplace different and the drive was twice as long and twice as heartbreaking...

she's having all 4 sets of claws removed. it's a pretty cool procedure, and they recover almost instantly not knowing that they are missing at all. in her old age it's perfectly safe because they hardly feel anything at all. they zap the claw at the cuticle so it doesn't grow back, the laser sears the nerves so there's little pain and sears the blood vessles so there's no blood either. it's much more humane than traditional declawing where they cut off there toes at the first knuckle. poor kitties!

the owner of the pet hospital insisted on doing her procedure himself... that made me feel much better about everything, because i still had some concerns. after we talked this morning i felt even better about the whole thing, he assured me that everything was going to be easy for her. afterall- they had been doing this for the last 10 years and were the first to adopt the laser declawing in KC.

she was a good girl when i left, she wasn't whining at all when the vet took her away. i hope she stays good for them.

updates to follow-

i called the pet hospital around 1:30 this afternoon... my baby is doing fab! she has tiny bandages on her tiny paws and as long as she can clean her little feets herself tomorrow afternoon she can come home! yay! because i miss her to death...