thanks, guys!
Here's the update:
We put her bed in our bedroom last night and she slept next to our bed AFTER she decided that sleeping in bed with us wasn't allowing her enough room.
She's back to Ella today! I allowed her one of her bad cuz balls yesterday when we got home (I had taken them all away because she kept annoying the living crap out of me with them when I would try to study) and she's been squeaking away at it. I'm hesitant to allow her to do too much as that area just looks so...fragile to me. So far she has not messed with her stitches at all.
She's getting plenty of love and she's back to following me up and down the stairs as I do laundry and clean.
Thanks again!