My MBP dosen't recognise my password?

Hi, I could do with a little help. The story begins with a Cat, my GF and a glass of Wine. Cat hits wine and wine hits MBP. The Mac shut off instantly, we acted pretty quick and mopped up and turned upside down. I then took back off and over the course of the next 5 days I have stripped it down completely including the Key board and cleaned as best as I could. I've put it all back together and it starts up, a reassuring tone rings out, then apple sign appears with a loading bar beneath, this takes a while then it reaches the Lion log in page.
It still recognizes me, or rather my name as the user but refuses my password which I know is correct.
The keyboard isn't backlit but keys are typing something (can't see characters, just dots).
Any suggestions would be much appreciated! I head away with work tomorrow and would be completely lost with out it.??
Screen brightness works.
No back light on keys although this may be normal at this point, not sure.
Unibody mid 2009 I think

It still recognizes me, or rather my name as the user but refuses my password which I know is correct.
The keyboard isn't backlit but keys are typing something (can't see characters, just dots)
Order and replace the keyboard from iFixit.com
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