Awwww poor guy!!! Bless your heart I know you must be beside yourself, but he will be ok. Reilly had his done but his was done with a laser only had like two stiches and they disolved. Mousse when he was alive we had to have him fixed at about 9 yrs old and he had several stiches but he did not have to have a collar we just watched him very carefully. When Reilly had his done they did not give pain meds but they did say I could give him baby asprin or an adult asprin to help with any discomfort. They also had to give me a tranquilizer for him because where he had the laser it was like he never had any surgery, he was bouncing off the walls...lol
Bear sure hope you feel better buddy, have mom give you some lovin from me, and Reilly says it will get better, you won't even miss them...lol