Okay. I am a bad person for ever having considered getting my cat declawed. Just so everyone knows, I'm going to call and cancel his appointment and go buy a bunch of really cool cat-towers and stuff instead.
I have been properly educated regarding the procedure of declawing a cat, and I really should have done a lot more research before I called the vet. Thanks very much to everyone who talked to me about it, and I'm sure my cat thanks you too :)
I really didn't know that it was that nasty. Really. I would never do anything to hurt my little buddy. Honest.