I can't add much that isn't something everyone has said already. You're awesome, and I always enjoy reading your posts on here. As someone who comes from a giant family of mostly morticians, with a couple of medical professionals mixed in, there will be someone who is absolutely blown away by what you're able to do on living people, and what you can do to save lives.
The cat is a tough situation. It's always infuriated me that some people have an attitude towards pets to where they see them as expendable. The whole "I don't want to take care of it anymore so I just won't" just makes me want to punch them in the throat. You even see it here on BP.net in the form of people getting tons of snakes and then having a collection sale a couple weeks/months afterwards. Ridiculous. Maybe put a listing in craigslist looking for shelters in particular? I'm surprised the vet wasn't able to give you a list.
Keep your chin up, and we'll do our best to keep you occupied here :P May not be much as far as a single's scene, but hey, we're clownish at least!
