*sigh*
Obviously apply common sense when cleaning a wound but no cat is happy to stay covered in smelly old blood. Tiny gentle tissue touches with sterile damp water (not dripping) works... takes time but works. A sterile bandage is effectively a think piece of gauze too... so if your using damp sterile bandage thats fine (same as ''gauze''). sterile is what matters (and soft)
(Who the hell said anything about rubbing or scrubbing??????)
Sometimes I feel like when some people have nothing very useful to add they will post just to pick holes in advice being given ...
To put your (unnecessarily worried by others) mind to rest on the subject - I am repeating the exact same thing my vet told me - (about removing excess blood
around the wound)
and Im assuming of course, you have the basic adult intelligence to know you want the incision itself to dry up and harden asap.
In other words I knew you could clean away excess blood while not poking at the incision itself without having that pointed out to you like an infant.
Your doing a good job with her kmc ... bonding too?
Its a little worrying that the wound hasnt hardened up closed yet, keep watching it for any weeping, keep her in a clean environment (best you can) and if not seeing a nice scab/hard dry incision by 5pm (time your vet closes) today give the vet a tinkle to let them know.
(I may switch to PMs for further input but ill keep an eye in here for you)