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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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1 J- E! v0 S2 x1 ?8 {# ^5 n% nHis 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. * `- J/ s" B9 a8 |9 R7 w* {
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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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$ t0 U2 |5 e& a. h" c( }Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 4 a) c' \( {/ @5 I/ K [/ z
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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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! s/ `0 T, b9 n8 I"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." , N( D! J3 T0 @6 B1 M
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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. 0 Q8 }3 M! D# P2 c: B) e
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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3 s# C6 Q7 X& x* T1 A
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