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I’m so sorry about your poor Moms fight. Have you tried a consultant. Has the occupational or speech therapist seen your Mom. My mom has heart disease, she gets very fatigued. I have to tantalize her, different flavors, bright colors, small amounts , frequently. If you give them a big plate, it overwhelms them. Try one thing at a time, easy to swallow,like ensure pudding. You want the most calorie and protein per teaspoonful. My mother I have to fight to get fluids in her. Jello, puddings, soup, icecream. It depends on her swallowing ability. Did they check if she is emptying her bladder. What a urologist does is catheterize her after she has just urinated, peed. The bladder grows bacteria like a stagnant pool. You want less than 100cc, about 5 ounces. left in the bladder. There are catheters that are not latex. Maybe MD trying to kill as much bacteria as possible before they catheterize her again. I was a RN for 35 years. I pray to God that they have checked her blood work to see how high her white cells are, and checked a fasting blood sugar. Diabetics get infections easy. hope things improved soon.