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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.
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4 o2 Y& k/ j- n0 a& c9 p7 t8 V3 X"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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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 0 q* }& l4 C M9 \ z7 U& Z
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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. 1 |5 }7 i: r: q+ B- \
* ?2 e! B' `8 _3 }) t0 u"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." % Y% j; Q) p: x2 v' m9 K% U: P
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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.
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, w$ D7 ^5 Z9 N7 h7 \Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 6 K- O" F" n1 f% ]7 d
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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