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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. 4 L, S. p& H0 K; g
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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. 6 p; t9 k8 I" ^: O: t5 ]6 }/ \9 S
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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 : h1 K5 q/ Q5 @5 V) }: M) S. j3 V
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ' @( @0 L6 s9 e! S2 I) ]; l+ K3 s7 V
9 E6 R5 X( ?7 n# {+ c! p"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. . q5 k: J L. v/ X
$ b9 c% O0 A7 J"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.
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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; m3 q5 k2 L# D% z- sDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干7 n0 I( h; U9 J; G
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