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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.
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7 b9 G$ g, `3 J, hHis 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. , n" u' f) i; _# [* x, g1 C$ j* C
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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 6 a x9 |0 I4 m) |! S- S5 L8 M' c
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8 q, \3 ~6 L, p7 s- b& rAlex'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.
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8 B D1 V" W1 E9 t% s/ r"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." & x4 d8 G. E, s# J+ J
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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. & @$ m/ A# z, _2 k# \% X
2 {/ ~+ c# D9 z" u+ d3 ?6 s% VThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 7 M0 i( c; |3 r# P
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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