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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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5 Y2 _6 f' {6 p. t b' {9 e( EHis 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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"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 y8 ~0 m2 w8 M0 j* iAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. # {2 D% ]$ P. y+ Q
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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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6 C# l6 ~: K3 \! M: c* s"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 6 i# ?, M' K" _7 F+ d! v4 `
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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. . f' D ^" K& L4 g" i
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. ' D4 I. U4 c& N L4 A4 Z
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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