Thanks Wolflady and Spencerthelion for responding to my question. After talking to

a friend today, who is a devoted cat mom to

now 3 cats.A few weeks ago her 8 yr.old

little boy crossed over the Rainbow Bridge.

He had suddenly become blind for no apparent

reason and after numerous visits to the

vet and specialists, it was determined that

he had a tumor. He was the only cat in the

household who had yearly FLV vaccinations

because altho her cats are indoors, he was

a notorious escape artist. Her vet discouraged the feline leukemia vaccine for

the same reason mine did -- the possible

development of cancer. Well, that made my

mind up. Re: boarding -- I'll find a plan--

I'll start getting referrals for petsitters.

Thank you for your response.

I love this message board and reading All the

Love everyone has for their furbabies. Purrs

to you and your "kids".

'bye for now

Ormee

P.S. Wolflady -- yes, I read your post re:

the Nightmare "routine" vet visit. Just

horrifying. Glad it all turned out fine and

it's just a bad memory now.