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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.
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% q( j& o. e4 U- i U+ b; n5 tHis 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 5 a! V1 _7 {1 L. k7 k, s) h
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' {2 }0 L8 e2 IAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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/ b% i `+ `6 }. C0 Y. M"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." , W+ H2 K) N6 v/ z0 p- l3 ~
" K- ~/ S9 K! |( ~- ?6 ]. aAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. # ]( U6 B Q; k
6 M) Y% Y# o9 \( l3 fThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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