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* o+ r0 O7 R! w4 X# Y* x t( S; ~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. 9 k4 }" z' I! I: D( D
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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. % @" T* J9 m! q4 h7 l0 X0 _: Y
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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 8 B8 \, r: o- I" S+ ?
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ( p" N5 P! @5 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. - W0 ?7 a6 f8 E5 Q6 U8 K
7 o n# R- ~* }' b5 a' f"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." - t4 \1 |; S* ^* Z" Y# D
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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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: h9 U& q" j7 HThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. . l4 n. ~: o* b9 h j9 Q) }
/ _/ L9 a/ D# O- u0 u! }( qDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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