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Canadian Press
0 H7 l2 T$ F7 t$ m K; M+ fApr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM% ^+ \8 w3 j0 s( A0 H
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' x" @( q# C: X0 c j7 e: L4 u) ZEDMONTON - 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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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. " ?% b: j" q7 t4 l
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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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. |* v; r: V( Z2 V* S" oAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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r& D q( C0 P9 H1 \# 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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0 H J+ l' T7 m. g1 n& b, v"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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# i& e; G i; Q' yThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 5 W: K0 D. a) [; i/ J) f6 y
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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