Hey Tad, Thanks for the note. I have to be at the hospital at 6:15am. Don't know if I'll sleep at all tonight! Got some encouraging phone calls this evening, but find the support at this web site to be really awsome. Good Luck with your surgery!! Also , Good Luck with your cat. I currently have two, Snickers and Kit Kat, so I know how attached one can get. Janice Porter