Darlin, I'm late getting here (as usual), but we did discuss a lot of this issue with the shelter privately. However, I wanted to add VERY publicly that because of you, Artie had more years of quality time than any cat with his medical issues could possibly have asked for, and with more love shared! NO, you did not take him in "too much." You were responsive to his medical issues, and didn't wait until the forest was on fire to pull out a bucket, so to speak. This is RESPONSIBLE, not excessive. They are wrong. You have observed how wrong their attitude towards medical things are with cats in their care.