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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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: A0 E" q) [6 V- m* vEDMONTON - 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. 0 [+ k& P/ y( e- S+ v; b! ?
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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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"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 : t5 I0 l3 N; p l8 C5 ^
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+ L4 r- Q: T* g/ O% S9 [Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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. |# V! Z# i6 h4 n# U"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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" M( n* h4 j7 s"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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n- Q$ ]% n+ q4 `& m- B5 `Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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% x( O, i; M; z T; F2 Q, P/ X. KDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干' i& F4 D& ]: z/ c' x) Y
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