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Canadian Press 6 x6 G$ K. M& H
Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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" z9 \0 `+ J+ }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. ' j- e) ?7 Y& m' A" S' u
5 C( ?0 v# z0 L0 F7 ?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. 6 D1 _6 z3 T2 M0 C. R2 p
l6 X" r1 k( r- z9 ["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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* ?4 Z. W! L0 M+ \% VAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ( c" R1 O9 J" Q7 I' ~* ]
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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. / Q) U' ~( p U3 u 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." 7 S# B( z8 B, K. c- Z1 Y
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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. ) l4 }" h0 c6 M1 d, M
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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+ t2 z' L8 ]3 ]$ Q `Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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3 o. B' N' I( C. }) k4 q2 B* p# U[ 本帖最后由 加美葡萄酒 于 2006-4-30 12:23 编辑 ] |
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