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Canadian Press
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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. ; `$ Y. x/ K$ O/ _0 e, f% f
3 C' Z, h& V) ?; R+ VHis 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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+ M! J( l6 c( e4 v4 z/ p: H& w"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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0 @9 i% R% j4 B9 j2 h. FAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 4 r* E% ~% s! ~8 R
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"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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$ v3 w- V& b( Z) e% t; M"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." # u- [' L/ C; [4 s0 Z
6 o+ v \ V8 A; CAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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2 D7 q1 m( l5 X6 O6 BThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. " H3 X& d6 N9 C$ u' `0 `
& ^2 b5 i/ a" Y- KDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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