Cat Titers or Vaccination?

Question
Four years ago, my Maine coon cat nearly died from kidney failure. She started pulling big tufts of her hair out--first vet misdiagnosed her as having fleas.  Second vet gave her two shots of metacam which the University of Illinois decided caused her to go into failure.  After two and a half weeks in the hospital, she regained her function.  When we got her home, she was vaccinated for everything.  She had a reaction that lasted nearly 24 hours.  Crying, fear, wouldn't eat.  Her vet was scared.  She recovered without anything done.



Now I am in this situation.  Her vaccinations were due a year ago, but I am too scared to give them.  Her vet is also a little scared.  Her recent blood tests show her kidney function is normal.  But the vet said titers wouldn't really show us anything.  I had always let my cats outside for an hour or two with me , but since I live in farm country, I am now scared to do that.  Are titers worthless?  From what I read from some vets, they do not tell you anything except if the cat has had the shots or not.  Thanks for any information you can give me.

Answer
Titres only measure antibodies.  But antibodies are only a small part of immunity to a disease, so I don't take much stock in them.  The truth is that we don't know how long vaccines last.  SOme people think that they can last for several years.  So the recommendation in your case is to give one vaccine per year (rabies, FVRCPC, Feline Leukemia) with an antihistamine given an hour before the vaccination.