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( d8 ^& X8 O3 HEDMONTON - 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. ) |0 u4 z4 Z+ P( m
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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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"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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$ d6 u% Z% G- m+ p }Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ; }# P7 O, a! G: w0 g) g
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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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. [- V1 w5 j9 a1 p"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. : A) |* e( x4 u, |* ?3 I9 I# j7 A$ d
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. * R7 M/ ]( ]5 [! V* B; R
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