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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. 2 |3 h' ]7 S# E9 \. E1 y, ~! E
9 f4 { L# M. ]8 m2 \. j4 HHis 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. * N3 S$ P$ Z6 N# C
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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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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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* m; m/ E7 t& H1 k' `/ p"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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2 Z" }9 E, p; u- R& v"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 7 k- t1 x7 }$ w9 T7 T4 F- y
! ?( B H$ m3 u9 j0 d! z0 HAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. & Z6 S; u5 Z {: h
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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! A4 d& A4 f% p* w& Q! i( [) Z! E
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