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& L4 L) k3 A$ R# N8 `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. ( C4 B/ Q1 ], j# t( e+ r
# t# ?% l- i4 `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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8 \* ` \( S" z( k) K- R8 K5 H% g# A" s"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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5 Y0 q$ A9 s& @7 \: \Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. , @6 ^2 ]$ u; z* d' K
7 v* [9 }4 L. v! r, Z! `! h"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." 5 B7 [5 C5 y% ]9 f
! v# }) [/ ^/ uAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. ) O2 _! w; T [
8 x% p3 p& D( y' A/ Y, `/ nThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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: E7 p4 y9 N" Z0 P+ k6 c: XDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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