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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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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. S! h2 S8 w7 g6 C0 F
. w" m9 Q7 @' O3 R( f& _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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- l, M# d2 F& G7 ?"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. 3 x: P$ }2 j' V% I( v0 Z
: w/ c' Z, w; r"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. d6 ^/ Z* v2 j V# v
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 6 t/ X, g1 T/ p/ u3 `1 ~
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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. ' i& i/ ^ D! _8 \. [0 G
" Q7 |( O1 n. P; @4 y5 IThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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