Children and medications- Do they mix?

Gretchen and Jon continue the planning of Griffin's discharge. They are rearranging furniture at home and taking on an overhaul cleaning of the house. Griffin may possibly go home on Saturday. As of the evening of May 1 (Thursday) Griffin's condition is stable after the placement of his PICC line. Griffin's course of medication include intravenous and oral meds.
Apart from the lines that poke from under his gown inlcuding the IV tubing with fluids, he has a heart monitor attached with sticky pads, a pulse oximetry monitor attached to his big toe (wrapped kind of like a band-aid), and a blood pressure cuff attached to his other lower extremity. Given this situation and probably tired from the day's events and the progressive course of chemotherapy it seemed that all Griffin wanted to do was sleep and not be bothered. But does sleep uninterrupted ever happen when you are a patient in the hospital? In Griffin's case, no. It was time for Griffin to take his scheduled medications and record vital signs. After being turned a couple ways, to access certain parts of his body, Griffin was awake, and he was not happy. When young kids communicate their discomfort, their cry can become so forceful encompassing the whole body to respond with the voice. This thereby did not help in recording his blood pressure. Not to mention his body posturing also indicated to leave him alone. With arms flailing about and verbal communication reaching ear piercing decibels, these are red flags to stop. But would a 29 month old boy have the capacity to understand what the course of action is in this case? You tell me. Did you ever have to give antibiotics or fever reducing medications to your child? Are their any children out there that like the taste of warm, bitter, and gooey looking medications? So what is the plan in this case? Not an easy solution, but none the less a course of action that would include making him swallow all his decadron, allopurinol, prevacid, and tylenol (did I miss anything?). Griffin may have been a bit more agreeable if he was more alert and awake. In the end of it all most of his medications were taken with a little amount being spit out. With a quick diaper and linen change Griffin was back to his slumber probably for another 3-4 hours until the next scheduled task. Check back later for more, and continue to pray for Griffin and his family. Also pray for the nurses who with hearts that break with every cry know that all of this is in the best interest for Griffin.