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' I9 E$ K! x3 xEDMONTON - 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. % j7 I- H% K2 Z; T v0 ]# v
6 K' i2 o3 A: p+ H. R" j* R: yHis 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 # R& Q0 K, t8 D* t5 K1 `
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M% j; _& ?1 }+ A. j) @Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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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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"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. : ?) ]' v3 h* u @+ i m5 w" c
0 u$ f' ^ ]# M' V. F$ P& t7 `Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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7 C7 G# t' B$ A. h3 EDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干7 ]5 |3 S% E: h8 N% }: b4 z" f
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