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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. 9 u7 w1 ] q: M
2 K# N5 ^6 U, eHis 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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c m! @! l+ p"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 ; ^ B) F4 U1 x" l- f
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. v- l, }7 @* B" B8 n
+ w" K" y, A8 t3 w"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."
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* e# o/ F! |! g6 hAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. : w+ S% I( B% h+ j& f& @
* a3 F1 p0 W9 V$ JDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干+ L; o9 U0 c% ~" n! H. J
$ s X7 A3 O. @% M9 _! `[ 本帖最后由 加美葡萄酒 于 2006-4-30 12:23 编辑 ] |
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