She was very very scared again when she first came home. I was worried we were going to undo all the progress we made in the last 2 weeks. She had an e-collar on at first, but wouldn't keep it on without going crazy. She was going to do more damage to herself fighting that collar then anything else.
Here she with the collar. She couldn't even lay down or lick her paws. That's a battery powered lantern for night visits next to her.
We took the e-collar off and she was much better right away. Even back into our laps and purring. We monitored her all day and all night to make sure she wasn't licking/messing with her stitches.
This morning when we went in there, looks like she did manage to get one of her stitches out.... but everything looks fine. I picked up some Bitter Apple Spray for Cats made to stop cats from licking wounds and that stopped her completely from messing with it.
No damage to the relationship - she's back into our laps full time for petting/purring.
Just need to wait 10-12 days for her to heal up, get the remaining stitches removed and time to introduce her to the rest of the cats and rest of the house. Can't wait!
