Thanks Justin. I had been scrolling through the archives here and came across a few posts that recommended having a private nurse at the Lenox, that the night staff is often short handed, etc.
I have had experience with a family member who had serious problems with Crohn's disease, home TPN, iliostomies and had over a dozen surgeries. I was there when he was literally crying because of the pain, and experienced the shortage of nurses which led to missed medications. They then got very defensive and any intervention through the doctors the next morning just made things worse the next time.
So having gone through that, I am a little gun-shy about having proper pain management
I hope I don't sound paranoid, just pro-active.
Thanks for your information, and I hope those archived posts were just that, things of the past.