I think if he is swallowing the water and it is going down his swallowing is OK no? Ron didn't eat alot but he drank coffee and I'd put in his can formula and make him iced coffee and actually put it in a Starbucks glass bottle (he didn't know it was his formula!) and I added sugar and it pretty much tasted like it and he'd drink that AND be getting his nutrition, he didn't have a PEG he had a NG twice but he pulled them out. Does he like coffee? Or soda or something other than water? Can you put your signature with more info? Ron complained all the time bout taste of food, it was nasty but he forced it down because he was hungry. Unfortunately he went from 189lbs down to 130 he just weighed himself Saturday and that was with his darn boots on so I said subtract 3lbs for clothing and he's 6'1! He said he is fine he has "maintained" that weight since his surgeries for Oral Cancer. He eats good too but he was never really big before the cancer either. Tall and thin man. Now he looks even more thin no muscle mass at all and I try so hard to fatten him up! So don't fret he will pull thru this, as you can see Ron has no teeth and a flap and he is eating alot of foods, he had a thin sliced ribeye steak and lobster tail with butter 2 weeks ago! And I made a homemade Pizza Pot Pie and he finally got his pizza taste he's been wanting for years! So it can be done!