My old vet told me that he knows other vets who truly believe that cats cannot feel pain. I honestly wonder how they ever graduated. Dr. Lee gave Specs a painkiller as soon as he was up and over the anesthesia and he sent him home w/many more syringes if Specs needed them. After a couple of days, though, I stopped them b/c he was healing just fine and the meds made him too unambitious to even eat. I'm sure Honeybun will be just fine under your watchful eye, Jen.