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: @9 J) y8 B& L, S$ u" ]Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM: J: t7 k- @, [8 d8 R# B- b7 o0 i
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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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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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`7 g8 _4 b$ ]3 m: s"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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9 m$ {: ^' @1 |8 F/ `"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." - T9 x5 B& q) ^: T5 c7 Q
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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. % K! t& \1 h, ^ w/ O" R
, {0 ^; J, h6 x& qThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 0 `) e8 E! {# b/ y
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干- }+ e. {1 P/ B$ x
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