I think you should adopt another it will help you cope with the loss and it will make you pay attention to the new cat instead of the one you lost, thats what i did after a loss of an animal now i have a three month old kitten named niko.

I dont think its a good idea to declaw any cat, i have a 9 year old calico and she was found under my porch and after we examined her and had gived her a bath we discovered that she was declawed and could not defend hersel...