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That is extremely unlikely.
Immunisations work by injecting either a few proteins from a particular pathogen (virus/bacteria), a dead pathogen or a pathogen which has been modified so that it actually cannot replicate and cause an infection. The immune system is thus "shown" a particular disease so that it can develop antibodies to it, so that if it is later exposed to the disease it will recognise it and be able to fight it.
Immunisations do NOT weaken the immune system.
It's possible that it may be a bit busy for a few days trying to destroy an invader (which is actually incapable of causing the disease anyway but it doesn't know this) but this is only temporary. Immunisations are, however, essential to the body's immune response so that it WILL recognise a disease if it comes along and be able to fight it off quickly.
Furthermore, you cannot assume a causation relationship; just because she had shots and is now allergic to the cat does not necessarily mean tnhat the shots caused it. She may have been exposed to a number of things which could have caused this.
Having said that, it is possible that she is now allergic to the cat. There are cases when a person will develop a spontaneous allergy for reasons yet unkown to something (food, animal etc) that they have previously had a lot of contact with. Also, herimmune system may have been weakened by stresses of travelling or eating different food for a few weeks
Please DO NOT let this deter you from having immunisations, they are extremely important! This would be a rare and severe case of an allergic reaction, but it is too long after the shot to have been caused by the injection itself, and there are too many other factors which would have affected it. Once again, immunisations do NOT weaken the immune system.
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The daughter of one of my mother's friends has owned a cat for a couple months. The cat lives in their house, and the daughter loves to play with her through-out the day. The daughter has never had any allergic reactions to the cat.
Their family went on a vacation to Puerto Rico for about two weeks. When they return, the daughter broke out in welts and rashes all over her body and face after touching their cat. After figuring out that the cat was causing this reaction, the mother could not figure out why this was happening since she has never reacted any time before.
After some consideration, finally my mother figured out what caused this reaction. Before the trip to P.R. the daughter had received immunization shots!
The only conclusion we can come to is that the immunizations are harmful to the body and the shots severely weaken the immune system, causing it to become susceptible.