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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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0 a% }6 z- _. p" R6 jEDMONTON - 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. : ~0 f2 _9 Q, e: Z- L: j! F
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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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4 @5 P# j# ?' b: S8 y"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. $ ~ B- g, w0 ]/ ?8 b3 X
+ e6 {7 X' ~3 ]$ u: c* Z"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."
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6 @! a; P" F0 @2 L4 R) hAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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2 B/ G+ n: u, i" R$ R- nThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. : w& Z& b" q* |0 m
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干$ _* y9 C9 Z. X2 S% C, B
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