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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM' W# J. `, K: o9 f$ r' h( i0 K
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6 q8 a5 D; y" s% r. B& l7 T' {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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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.
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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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+ f% {$ L0 [9 P6 T6 g" `Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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( A4 k5 Z) v6 m$ o! v) B8 B+ p"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. 9 L$ O: y3 W1 l+ A0 ~- h
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." . ^1 u% s- a7 }1 e4 o& U, q( |
# e8 s" F% x+ ~" JAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. 0 z9 @% Q0 w X4 g- F7 P
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. + `9 f* U, H0 B5 m2 l/ _) u& z
9 T6 [( ^- w* d- lDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干0 h+ M3 B( ~4 R" L1 P$ ?
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