Hiya! I'm in healthcare and we're always taught never use honey on beetus patients. The flippant reason I've been given is "the fuckers might try and eat it" but it's because their blood glucose levels are already fucked, more sugar on a site is a bad thing. Also, without seeing her notes, you can't say what they offered. This woman sounds like a spastic and I'd be willing to bet if she were offered IVs, she may well have turned them down.