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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM, K4 v( X# ]- n9 w" i
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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.
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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. 5 a* ^0 w8 n' [9 ?- X T
7 \0 q. {, X4 d+ H"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 2 N/ T( Q, ^' {8 Q3 I! x8 o
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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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 y1 H+ ]2 s( _
; C3 \8 t3 f& ]+ ^/ w% f) _"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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After Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. 0 |% Y! e0 S# v$ e) e
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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
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