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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. , Q Z" o5 F' b! Y/ m& e
6 J! Q$ ]& ~/ j+ {3 P5 y2 BHis 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. 9 k% H" \- Q. a% G3 _; P+ G9 |
# k7 F9 w4 j. T+ f, M [6 t"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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' p8 H0 u, ~/ |# x7 ?Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ( @3 I: x+ U" N
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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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& ]1 [7 w9 z2 ^& ]$ _3 o z( Q |"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 6 A5 Z: x; _2 c' I" U* d# c
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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. / a) i# S% t5 s, z; M
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. : P/ x) z- y; K$ F0 e
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干9 l6 ~: K/ ~3 `4 e) l4 r# s- F
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