Thanks for all the good thoughts. The doctor said I'm healing really well, but still wants me off work for 3 months. I am now bending my knee and I can put 10-20 pounds of pressure on that leg. I never was in a cast because of the surgery-I was just in a brace, which I hardly wear at all anymore.
I will include Bear in my prayers now. It's always someone--unfortunately. Good luck to Mocha and I hope she is happy forever in her new home.