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' U7 F8 a, h2 uEDMONTON - 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. 4 R4 l- f& S1 o- W- o3 k5 L8 h5 w
: G4 m1 ]# V8 w6 l0 t4 oHis 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. : C7 t B" c/ w
! G5 O. Q" p5 ~9 [; {) }% w( Z"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 ; ]; S' j: |8 ~" c/ F( k, D
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2 j( }2 i# |2 X# BAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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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. / k; }) t3 T6 ^9 m4 a+ w7 b- ~( T
( M7 i, y7 r/ D+ W7 h- c0 k"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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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干. [& o5 y" B( a: P4 H$ k q" C6 p
2 V; Q c, y2 V/ x3 ~( j2 n* O[ 本帖最后由 加美葡萄酒 于 2006-4-30 12:23 编辑 ] |
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