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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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b j& s- g) K6 R/ _( ^' JEDMONTON - 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.
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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.
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- B2 e4 C' \0 W, |+ h"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 / }* n7 m: q1 ?- F' O
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" L6 q' V/ D1 c! M4 z* c5 NAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. " m w$ T% R- L5 g+ J
5 e, _6 t# Y8 x: E"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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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." ' }% u, B6 }9 A
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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. # L4 J' ^! x; ~5 U- I
; V/ p3 a) H2 Y3 D: g$ N1 ?Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 9 B ?; l/ m* T
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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