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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM; C0 a; u4 R# F+ @. Y
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3 K. T2 b" g! PEDMONTON - 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. 7 L3 _4 R1 A- u. W" P
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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.
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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 @" b3 X$ }- R+ L' R: T# I! i: E
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. + ^" H, }6 C7 r2 A$ T
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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. ; B: v3 I5 u0 }: d- k7 R+ J
! l$ U6 ]( \3 O# L" C! g3 P"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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9 ]. S" q1 ]% e4 g- _; w+ uAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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+ E' T4 C% a2 i% p) q1 mThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. ! }$ A( P# L, i S
% ^3 G8 Z- C* a, GDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干0 V( j' S% l9 O4 b8 i
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