Elderly people often take a large assortments of medication, so much they often have those pill separators allowing them to plan their medications by day. Now, I just can't imagine those folks enjoy taking all that medication but I'd venture to guess they realize they're extending their precious time on Earth, they see its necessity.
When those same elderly folks were oh, let's say 5 years old I bet they fought their mommas & daddies tooth and nail when taking medication. "This tastes bad.", "I can't swallow this, it gags me.", "I don't like it.", etc. Their desire to get rid of the symptoms wasn't as great as their disdain for the medication. They knew it was relative to get rid of their illness but they weren't mature enough to understand that taste or gagging reflex was temporary.
But then they aged & maturity set in. They realized swallowing that nasty medicine was necessary. Macy Walker has now realized this and begrudgingly requested cough medicine. On her own. Without my suggestion.
Wow, maturity.
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