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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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c2 n/ C6 s! P. U" mHis 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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' e) k! b7 {* A4 _% v& d$ w* e"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 + x8 l+ ~+ w$ k3 E, ~
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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3 c4 \. [: o, a3 T4 X"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. $ ]+ ?# c B$ B9 k l/ x
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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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% D) u8 t: T+ a/ I6 g% t( U4 m- tAfter 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. 8 T+ ~% e/ n% F) z. L
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