She talked to the vet who is adamant about doing the repair rather than amputate. I called my vet, told him that Dimitri had a lateral/medial conjugal fracture of the leg and asked him what he thought. He said it's based on cost. If money is no object (which it is here) then repair surgery is the way to go. However, he said the issue at hand with repair vs. amputation on a 6 month old kitten, is the growth plates in that leg will not grow after it's been damaged and repaired and the leg may have to be amputated evntually anyway.

$1200 seems like an awful lot of money to me. Not sure if my vet would do it cheaper, as I'm sure he'd want to evaluate Dimitri before giving an estitmate. I told Karen I'd be willing to bring him to my vet for a second opinion.

I'm still waiting for a call back from Karen. Stay tuned.