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First of all , thank you for giving this sweet kitty such a caring and loving home. What's her name? 

  So knowing she's been dealing with pain for a long time, do you think it's normal for her to be like this? I was really expecting her to bounce back by now. What am I doing wrong? .

You are doing everything right, okay? The thing is, every recovery is different and every cat or dog recovers at their own pace in their own way. One of my first questions however is what has her activity level been like. Sometimes shortly after amputation a cat can overdo and create a lot of sore muscles, joints, etc.

If you have a Rehabilitation Specialist in your area, it would probably really benefit her to have a consultation. The Tripawds  Foundation will pay for the first visit. The fact that she is wobbly could mean she just needs to build some more core strength need some proper stretching techniques etc.

Want to stress, we are not vets and we are not giving that advice, okay? Since she has been on gabapentin for a while, you were smart to go the tapering route. With a Vet guidance of course, you might want to continue the tapering a little longer and even going down to a half dose before no dose.  IFEIW it may be that you were observing just going off the Gaba and she needed more than one day to adjust.  

When you speak with your vet, you might ask about putting your cat on some arthritis medicine as you taper off the gabapentin.

As far as phantom pain , it usually shows up quickly out of the blue and a cat or dog will get up quickly and try to run away from the pain. It's a severe sharp pain that only last seconds. So based on what you said it doesn't sound like she's experiencing that, which is a good thing.

Just showing them suggestions out there.

Keep us posted, okay?

Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!