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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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8 {- F9 c; v) h" d. 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. , I+ f! u2 ^, ?0 @% a1 E
1 r! q& X% x2 M$ I J+ eHis 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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! c8 L: T+ Y8 y& ~/ D2 \& W2 ]"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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% i$ f! b1 n) M( ?7 b9 p9 fAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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. a# ~* K) ~( `; o"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." + X: D5 k e# B0 K/ T7 ~3 C* m
$ d* s! X: p% f/ J2 RAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. R) J& `2 h' o! q) _
8 b. {/ o. ^% u* P# wThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. . @" z8 u0 I9 I$ ]7 e
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干8 r* J7 V* e/ O! P( o% V
3 y! r" r- ?3 [+ A[ 本帖最后由 加美葡萄酒 于 2006-4-30 12:23 编辑 ] |
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