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4 T! A a' G7 tApr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM8 L7 ]0 m. J" `5 ^/ l8 ~. \
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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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$ I( q1 ^) ~! N+ V3 } J7 x: y"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 ( e0 {7 V: x5 c5 s
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. Y& E- T$ G" a( ~' w7 S S1 `Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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: ~3 x2 ^- R6 X* L"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. ( @' g) m+ K! j
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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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7 x& A7 x$ ]; D, X6 u) tAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. 8 n( `. q7 p M. m3 E2 x
3 S$ {+ \5 U% m- R9 bThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干& P$ W: N& h5 t3 G! V+ H. q
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