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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM9 |9 v* m P8 J+ B4 x0 ]
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8 e% W" I' c6 }5 TEDMONTON - 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. 6 I6 R: S- J5 F
) `. Q: \2 w3 aHis 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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; j* @3 X0 x0 C"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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! z" }7 C% w6 g) Y! M0 a1 |Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. + V# h" k2 `( J; p" t# w
# W! V& h. I7 n: i; N! u"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. & Y ^, f+ L: T# c' ]+ e
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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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; b* {& v- o- EAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. & w2 i! G7 c4 \0 d1 T
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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& J9 _( m7 }. `: c5 t. p9 QDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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