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Canadian Press
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3 l: S; Z/ R5 pEDMONTON - 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. " Z9 h( l6 n3 s- p
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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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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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2 Y. j8 o# i: l+ `"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. ) D: t5 b2 n" c
4 G6 ]9 G9 N% _# K q"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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2 h, W8 B. x4 Z0 s* u/ yAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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. n! F- o. P7 jThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 0 r, d, ]% O, u# h( N( o( Y
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干, W$ I, C) U5 Y1 n
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