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T- u7 z' G4 Y) g4 REDMONTON - 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. 1 M2 Q( l( n+ g; C2 e% o* P$ t/ _3 Q
+ f. O: f) h' yHis 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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! e0 X) r) J/ }9 s3 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
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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! Z( _' v, O# E, o"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. * ^$ ]7 `1 e% b. `% a9 I1 Y
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." , P5 J9 a3 p4 H0 y% @
) T+ ]& I3 J3 WAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. % X) j" e t7 s" g- U* O
: f7 n) P+ u1 j) NThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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8 Z7 }% p6 d7 N8 D, aDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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