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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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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. % d3 o; {! f& Q$ s; t
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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' E' F: Y& ]/ I! I$ e
1 P1 J" w4 V' v8 H+ e9 ~"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 0 k7 E) f r8 w( L" E( Z
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+ H' g5 N+ L4 m* }2 |Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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" P: i) m( d3 Z: F* ^* r"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. 3 q/ W6 k. o2 c0 i! H9 g
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 0 c8 C" ?) \5 s4 I
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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. ' u+ Y8 n) p9 U$ U/ \5 D* V# A, _
6 q9 y F3 L/ s$ ? _# iThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 4 J1 I' l1 o) {: ~$ |
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干: C6 T2 W# [! A) r% O1 i
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