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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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" ^( \+ s- L: S% r$ D6 \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. ) ^+ u4 v5 H: c+ H: _
* \9 @( x& u4 I+ Y1 pHis 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- P$ U; O7 b% n+ Y$ P"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 4 h n- u3 K4 }+ f/ P) u
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; n+ w9 @4 L' o& kAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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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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* w; B5 l0 j" q+ O. o6 {- A/ s"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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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. % v4 e0 M% ~! F9 C* `9 B
) [6 E/ Y5 |3 h4 ^; k( QThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. * H+ X/ U- x j- |, W* e' Y, \4 z
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干3 |4 A1 {! n/ ?
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