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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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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. # e7 V+ P- q8 d$ b& ?2 x
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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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- J! B- Z" q" Q6 A: v8 @0 q. oAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. . `5 D( X& {: W' {, \$ |
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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. / W8 @: l0 j# h( p
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 6 P5 d$ s6 i B
; z/ z4 a1 k/ k; r, GAfter 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. # B W D! v* d. x( C
9 o9 g/ \( x }. V* o( f5 hDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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