Maybe have her start out with a small goal, like one feeding a day she will try a cream soup or one of the carnation vhc drinks.
That is what I did in order to retrain myself on how to swallow. I was afraid to swallow anything at first. It took me a while to get those swallowing muscles working again.

I also rinsed my mouth out a lot with the baking soda/salt water solution to break down the mucous. I mixed a table spoon if each in one quart of water, which lasted me about a day.


Tom
SCC T4N1M0 left side tongue & 1 node
Dx 05/21/07 42 yrs old
40 Tx IMRT @ 70 Gy started 06/25/07
Cysplatin & 5fu 1st & 4th wks
treatment ended 08/23/07