Unfortunately I don't have a scale big enough for mommy, but she is eating a TON. 4-6 small cans of wet food a day, plus dry food I leave out, plus the occasional saucer of KMR. She looks good and healthy!
You do mean the 3 ounce cans, not 5.5 ounce? Does the shelter pay for food when you foster?
The food she likes is only 2.75oz per can, so yeah, it's not a crazy amount! The ONLY wet food I have been reliably able to get her to eat is this gross Meow Mix fishy stuff that comes in little plastic cups (it *is* a nutritionally complete cat meal, not a "treat," thank goodness). She likes the salmon and tuna flavors. Everything else I have tried - and I have tried a lot (Fancy Feast, Blue Buffalo, Authority, Science Diet, Wellness, fresh cooked plain chicken that I made myself, canned tuna) - she turns her nose up at. I guess she just loves her junk food. It's the same way with dry food. Meow Mix or Friskies are all she'll eat. Luckily now I have her tricked into eating a 50/50 mix of Friskies and Blue Buffalo Kitten in her kibble bowl.I knew momma cats needed a lot more food, but 4-6 cans of food is amazing!
I add KMR to her wet food to make sure she's getting adequate nutrition for the little ones. But I'm just glad she's eating. I just ordered 4 12-packs of the stuff on Chewy.com, so needless to say we are going through it real fast!! 
She doesn't zip around quite the way she used to, but she still is energetic considering the circumstances! She gets very excited when she hears my husband or myself walking up the stairs, so when we open the door to the "foster room" she often has run out of the nest to greet us and sometimes she even zips out into the hallway! But for the most part, she is nursing, grooming, and sleeping with the kittens. Occasionally I'll see her walk to just beyond the nest and lay down there - kind of like "okay, from here I can still see my babies, but I need to catch a break!"
Poor girl is working so hard.
Dont beat yourself up. It is often very difficult to bottle/syringe feed kittens with a nursing mother.Even with the miracle nipple and a syringe, and after watching countless tutorials, I just couldn't get him to accept the formula. He completely refused the nipple. I was terrified of forcing it and him aspirating. I am going to hope that he has another good gain tonight and will keep facilitating his nursing. I feel like such a failure!
There aren't any open wounds, and there is no liquid of any kind (blood, pus) coming out. But there is a red spot on the inside (I'm sorry - I could not get a photo without agitating him and I did not want to cause pain or exacerbate the situation) of the lower leg that almost looks like an abscess that has scabbed over.
His short life was not in vain thanks to you sharing him with us through words and photos. Such a dear little soul. My heart aches with you and for your loss. 
Thank you so much. I'm going to just let myself grieve today.I'm so sorry the read of the passing of sweet little Sesame.
Yes, I had prepared myself for the worst after reading so many threads on this forum. But after the birth seemed to go so well, I assumed we were mostly out of the danger zone, which was foolish of course. I am still glad I had the opportunity to know him and make his short time on this earth warm and comfortable. Thank you for the kind words. Mama and her babies are definitely my therapy today.
