My mouse stopped working. My MacBook Pro is not recognizing it. Not sure what to do.

My mouse is not working all of a sudden. I changed the batteries, the green light is flashing on the back of the mouse. I have clicked on the blue tooth icon, and clicked on ............mouse. I click connect nothing. I have clicked on Open Mouse Preferences, it says no mouse, it says No Mouse Found. I clicked on Turn on Blue Tooth, nothing. Can you help me?

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