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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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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. 0 f& N/ \' k7 ]
# L8 L; ^, S$ \2 Q) R+ g' \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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"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 & j2 `( X/ P" B0 ^
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 3 x o3 ^" H6 u. ]. v) H
4 d9 I% Y8 `$ _. W/ ?"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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# n% f0 a4 s7 _' d! z"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 2 s0 x2 c9 n9 a, O8 `8 h& b
: Y+ @( d4 b1 [" C3 d- t7 ZAfter 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.
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, I, d4 ]; V4 z- F5 S$ }Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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