Poor Chipper, I'm sure he'll be fine, he'll be extremely happy to get home though and I'm sure you'll spoil him rotten !!

I know what you mean about special bonds, my RB Jock was my baby, we used to have long meaningful conversations with each other where he would mieow back at me and chat away
I also know what you were going through leaving him overnight, when Jock was kept in the vets I used to cry myself to sleep cos I missed him soooo much, thats even before we knew he was seriously ill On the upside I got to realise that cos he was such a special boy he was soooo spoiled by the vets nurses, even stuck his head up to the white coat man for a kiss on the head