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! j# W8 M6 {" N9 o- t' QEDMONTON - 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. 8 o, g) U3 y5 M& l8 S, v
5 @; W! a. F" Y6 G1 ~9 A: j"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 ]$ @2 J. W# B7 r( i# K
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ' S$ ^ D$ R9 K' R' ?
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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. ' ^: M5 f3 x1 d9 O, H0 L3 f
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." $ c- c) g: q, g' y2 |) l! |1 h
8 y8 B+ w$ O+ k/ o" H0 IAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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% y0 C6 J. Z, \& {6 N# MThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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7 w1 k6 x' u1 W9 t' q0 B4 FDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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