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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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6 }( x, f) L5 z4 D, X- MEDMONTON - 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. - G, m* x' X9 O, ?
( t1 I& x8 t0 o1 P5 W: `; [7 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
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' m# |; F& G# V7 T% E/ hAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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3 H# l: o" ], j$ m' S; _"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. 4 v8 T- n u+ G5 ? Q; ]- I2 A
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." . m% A- ?, g! j" R( t: H: j+ B
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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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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 6 x2 Y, m5 O- s" {2 ]. E
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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