It's 9:46 pm here and in the last 4 hours I have seen a great improvement!!

As expected, Nakita slept most of today, only coming off the warm radiator for a *little* food. I kept the collar on most of the day but took it off around 4pm.

She then spent a good half hour totally cleaning herself. I can only imagine how horrible it is for her when the collar restricts her grooming sessions.

I tried again with the eye cream, and think I managed to put at least *half* in her eye. So that's an improvement from this morning. It is very hard to do this with a non-groggy cat!!

She is looking much better and meowing and wanting to explore the house now. Up to this time I have restricted her to the bedroom so she wouldn't jump around. I will check with the vet tomorrow and see if I can try some of the cream or spray that deters her from licking the stitches.

My babe is on the road to recovery. What an exhausting and emotional journey, but thankfully it was a short one!

Now there is just the trip to the vet to remove the stitches in 10 days and some blood work. The vet wants to make sure all is ok since she is such a small girl.

Thanks again for all the hand holding through this event. It helped immensely to this kitten newbie!