First off, this movie isn't anything spectacular. Second, they portray diabetes HORRIBLY. It's infuriating watching as being a type 1 diabetic. Ok, she tests the kids sugar when they get back to the car without the dad. His sugar is 300 and she gives him a glucose tablet. WTH..that would raise his sugar more?! He needed an insulin shot, not more sugar in his system.
When they hitch a ride with the strangers, she fills his pump cartridge. No time is given for the insulin to get in his system and lower his sugar. Time to eat a sandwich! And also, you can't just change the cartridge without changing the infusion set (the tubing part). That would cause a horrible infection. You can't use infusion sets more than 2-3 days because of the site potentially getting an infection after 2-3 days on the stomach site. She could've just manually gave him insulin with a syringe. Type 1 diabetes is portrayed horribly in this movie. It's really sad.
When they hitch a ride with the strangers, she fills his pump cartridge. No time is given for the insulin to get in his system and lower his sugar. Time to eat a sandwich! And also, you can't just change the cartridge without changing the infusion set (the tubing part). That would cause a horrible infection. You can't use infusion sets more than 2-3 days because of the site potentially getting an infection after 2-3 days on the stomach site. She could've just manually gave him insulin with a syringe. Type 1 diabetes is portrayed horribly in this movie. It's really sad.