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! U0 }6 G7 ?5 H: z3 s. NEDMONTON - 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. ( ^" J4 I- }# p0 V
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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
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# b5 `/ t, c( h* uAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. $ f3 Z5 N4 c1 h0 i
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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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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." # Z- d2 y2 ~( P8 H+ ^/ r# e |. R* t
& O( M( f! e1 }# VAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. - a K+ I2 I1 y: K
; P. ?7 A' ?7 `Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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