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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. ; P4 T* Z7 i- _6 z
' |, Y! y" ^* Z0 g4 W. @9 s1 i/ xHis 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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) t! C2 Q5 A( P! {9 O"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 * S7 S9 @; O& t8 G# m1 y
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4 T7 U6 [. M$ |4 s. YAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. . l, Q) @, N' U- T( H" y$ v
4 }9 _- i. n6 `"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." ! A7 Y0 _# {: W- n7 R
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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. % m- J3 a# T$ J8 x
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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