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Thanks for taking the time to write, and for your encouragement and helpful suggestions. I took her back to the vet yesterday, and got the same 2 choices: amputation or surgery, both expensive. But he gave me another bottle of pain medication, and today for the first time I saw her attempt to do stairs (not allowed, so I encouraged her back down) and bend her knee -- positive signs, I'm hoping. After doing some research on the net, it seems that cat injuries like this are very rare compared to dogs, and they have a much better healing mechanism, so I'm hoping with rest and lots of love, she'll come around without further painful medical intervention. Anyway, we're going to try our best to get through this!