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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.
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4 W3 I2 ]! U! s( QHis 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. $ W' q6 I) T6 q& M% X' l
7 D" ?# m9 B/ }7 v"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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2 d3 K- v8 s$ l. h3 MAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ; ]# b4 G4 s. 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.
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." # k; [: J4 _$ r1 x9 a0 l
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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. 8 `$ [; W! b3 D/ }8 D3 Q
4 M: c4 U) Z x* f0 {Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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e6 b: y; R f. MDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干8 i+ j+ M2 i& X: L* d# [& r1 @
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