Exhausted

It has been another long day. This one was filled with getting Livie's pain and sedation under control. Yesterday we switched her from morphine to another pain med since she doesn't seem to like morphine much. Then today we decreased her dose of that stuff and now she is on oxycodone and tylenol. She is more awake, less delirious, and much more "happy." We still haven't seen a smile but the screaming is less. Livie is starting to have conversations more and responds to questions. Usually with a no since she's feeling pretty lousy still.
Last night Livie got her first visitor, Uncle Matt. Unfortunately he only really saw the delirious Livie. Still, she'll love seeing her picture with him when she's a little more awake. Today Live got spoiled with visitors. Bompa came and was able to see Olivia's new socks that she got for standing for five whole minutes. That standing wore her out pretty good so she slept until Uncle Mikey and Aunt Mckelle came after shift change. She showed them her sassy side and ripped off her oxygen. The NP went ahead and let Livie keep it off and she used blow-by for a bit. Unfortunately her sats were in the low 80's on that so it didn't last long.
Livie was able to watch frozen, snow white, winnie the pooh, and despicable me today though she dosed through most of them. Still, having her favorites playing in the background probably helped her feel a little more at home. She seems to be a little more comfortable with the hospital and is no longer trying to climb out of bed (she tried last night.) Though, she did make Andrew and I stay tonight until she was asleep.
So the plan for tomorrow is to head up to the floor. There's some disagreements about her oxygen so we'll see what happens with that. Dr. E (surgeon) doesn't think they need to be as high as the NP's and Cards. Personally, I would like them to at least be a little more stable. She bounced around a lot today going from 4 liters of O2 to 1.5 then back up to 4. There was even talk about putting her on high flow but we avoided that. Dr. E is optimistic that Livie won't have a long stay. I'm trying to be hopeful but I also like to prepare for the worst. That, and I probably won't be ready for her to come home even when they say so. The first few weeks home after surgery are always stressful. Only time will tell.
Thank you all for your prayers and support. It has meant the world to us.