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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. ' }, x/ O7 f* c( l9 c3 ]
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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. . g, A+ V3 T* Y1 v) s
6 J" }( A* s6 S"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 ' p% w$ j& ?) Q4 Z$ Z: B7 S/ [
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$ [; b# R; @: K2 E& n' M" V: o3 d9 pAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 0 i# r9 i6 x. ? D1 {2 T
0 Z; W2 U" q6 \$ h" G% m3 i"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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1 c% t4 n* ?% G2 J# c"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." - C( a0 r+ l- K
" O& r, @5 `8 r) qAfter 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.
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' X8 Y6 C1 E/ _' l4 ^% k) rDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干- r- E6 O, A$ {, T7 b' X
9 R$ l3 M) t4 P) X8 o2 B% z; \[ 本帖最后由 加美葡萄酒 于 2006-4-30 12:23 编辑 ] |
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