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Canadian Press
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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. 1 N2 b: x j* n
s) T7 P8 N) C$ g& ]4 @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. ) }& w. ]$ c8 {. f( F+ F9 m/ m
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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 Q% O$ P8 G+ z* V: H$ H" u! JAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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5 P8 L6 y" `# 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.
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"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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; \! n4 e5 J& q" xThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. $ y$ G8 }& ?' Z- z. q5 i
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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