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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. ; S. P* G$ p9 {7 C3 O1 l8 ?
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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
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. Y+ I4 P# b3 o0 [. H1 J
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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. 0 ~/ G3 E3 U& c2 M5 A4 f
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." . k. }$ ]1 T5 q1 Y$ S$ L. g0 K
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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. 2 B# m2 I3 H1 e: G4 Z+ x2 e% w
) [3 x) ]2 N- }Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干5 h+ u c; y- o( |; w
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