I am hoping there is someone on this forum with medical background who might be able to help my mother. She is 71 years old and is in the later stages of Huntington's Disease.

She lost her ability to swallow about 18 months ago and is being fed through a G-Tube. She is fed 6 cans of Jevne per day through the tube. Yesterday she had a fever and the nurse took a urine and blood sample to the lab. She has a urinary tract infection that antibiotics should take care of. However, they are going to re-run the blood work on Friday because her blood sugar was elevated.

The Jevne is mostly glucose, so I'm sure she has probably developed Type 2 diabetes from all that sugar. I tried searching the web to find other liquid supplements for diabetics, but the only ones I could find are still 40% carbs (very high in fructose)! I can't begin to believe that something like that would help!

Does anyone know of a liquid nutritional supplement that can be fed through a G-Tube that would be appropriate for a diabetic? It should also be high calorie because HD patients need lots of calories and she is very thin.

I would really appreciate any help you can give us.