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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.
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) @0 }$ }' a& M% w' Q% u( uHis 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. 8 P- V: P) Z3 W$ k: n& O3 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
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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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. ; e$ y& Y3 D( e) ~, b
; o( N8 c5 C; `* {+ p2 t"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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8 ?6 |0 `& d- T( nAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. ' U7 J3 ~) n4 g
5 ]; r T9 n, H# bThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干/ @( e$ S6 b+ q3 e
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