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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM6 h/ u6 J* V4 @9 L
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EDMONTON - If not for his cat Mel-O, 9-year-old Alex Rose figures he'd be laid up in a hospital bed trying to recover from a diabetic seizure - or worse. 6 K: h& i2 O# _& h4 c) H
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His year-old feline - who usually stays away from people - crawled up four steps onto Alex's loft bed and walked across his belly, clawed and batted him to wake the boy, who has Type 1 diabetes, just as his blood sugar dropped to dangerously low levels. ; R7 H" O$ h+ G/ ?- {
4 m/ I" P; O, \$ ]"It was amazing," said Alex, as he scooped ice cream into his mouth to celebrate his ninth birthday Tuesday at the Edmonton Humane Society, where Mel-O received a certificate and special tag for her part in keeping him alive. advertisement
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 7 j* v* e& V8 E7 }' Q* j
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"Did she save his life? In my mind, yes," said Danielle, referring to the March 28 incident at the family home in Morinville, north of Edmonton.
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m; }; a6 ]2 R" d3 W9 b1 z"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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After Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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! [2 O7 w( q: _: E- d2 ^( tThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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