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# |2 m" f$ z. @# m6 J3 oEDMONTON - 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. 3 i5 p4 H9 v) Z% g
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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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$ N4 Q6 P! U# s0 G& x" r. lAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 1 L7 H& T0 u+ H& J7 \: } y) Q
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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. 9 | N' \3 |8 W* N. _# ]$ Y" |
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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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: ^( {3 O5 a& i; K2 f& `9 AAfter 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.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干1 d; D4 w8 I/ S; H( h0 r( `" f
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