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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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# k# Y' t( k8 C7 i! L" @8 }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. , C9 S1 b5 M+ r/ `2 M3 r
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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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5 q; \( H/ f' g `Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ! M+ G8 n- U- O& W3 B
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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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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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5 p- U# I/ e0 f4 P% t1 j7 v* NAfter 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. & \- s ^/ }& g2 Y$ V
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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