yeah, she young now, so surgery would be better sooner than later.

but.. the doctor gave her two options. the first would be to fix the ligaments that hold her kneecap in place, since they're out of whack now. that would help a lot. but the real problem is just the way her leg is made. her shin is a bit out of place, which causes the problem.

so, the other surgery would be to actually move the bone of her lower leg. O_O this is a major surgery and would take a lot longer to recover. and it has a chance of weakening the bone.

but she can always just have the ligaments fixed and see how that goes, and have the major surgery done at a later time. it's a tough decision. she doesn't want any surgery at all... but it's kinda like her only choice at this point.