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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM' ?$ }1 L2 W3 y h) R
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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. 7 F4 ~% s2 K( i5 J
; s& x# \! N- ?. ^7 F* nHis 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. 7 r: w9 z+ V. d* p8 t. h" [
8 q! L8 U6 e/ S5 I* {( w, D) {"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 9 a. h6 O% _' M
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" S) j, B' T0 }0 r, YAlex'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. + Z/ h8 o6 L9 E
9 Y6 N4 ^5 k+ r7 ?/ x. b! S. 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. , U7 C8 T2 Q$ ~$ M1 {
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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+ D4 }8 i+ ?6 h3 ?# a$ N; _! V
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