One day, Chiquita accidentally got out of my front door and was attacked by a dog. Her back leg was broken almost in half. The vet told me that she might have to have the leg amputated if they couldn’t successfully pin it together. Maybe a normal cat could walk with three legs, but I knew that Chiquita couldn’t. After a very expensive operation to put a pin in her leg, I had to keep her in a cage for two months. Her recovery depended on me keeping her immobile during this time. “I hope I can, I hope I can.” The whole side of her body was shaved, showing the dogs teeth marks in her skin, and the long line of stitches from her operation.