I can't comment whether or not the blood work is necessary, but I would absolutely be with Binky during the procedure! I just went through this with my little Tuptake last month. The vet tech came in and just took her and said I'll just take her blood, we'll be right back. Oh, how I regret...
Thank you, all, so much for your suggestions. Denice, my next call will be to locate Feliway and give that a try. StephanQ, I put the pet carrier back in the garage the minute we got home from the vet! I'm not ruling out Prozac as a short term possibility to help her snap out of it...
My 13 year old kitty has slept with me every night of her life (her little head next to mine); she wakes me up at the same time every morning with soft jabs to my eyes with her little paws and some creative and hilarious vocal coaxing; she won't even leave the bedroom to head for the kitchen...