yes - I can definitely relate. I didn't take any vacation this past summer because of Sparky's declining health, even tho he didn't pass until October. There is just no way I could go anywhere and enjoy myself, not knowing how he would be from one day to the next. And with Myndi being 17 in January, I won't go anywhere and have to leave her, even tho her health is reasonably good. There will be plenty of time to vacation some other time.