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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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% w9 d- i O1 o0 u7 YEDMONTON - 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. 6 z1 W3 z( c# C- X' S
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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. 9 f% p9 s$ I9 R2 V9 o1 {# h" e
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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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' J7 v7 J6 |" E) uAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. . d N) O4 k. t5 x5 T
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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. 8 j1 t; ~ i1 j3 n8 V
2 Z9 l4 X; T- B$ ]"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." # W7 B. p. `4 e3 X* z7 T" S
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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.
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: V, i( d& O1 `1 A6 QThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. ; s3 W2 _" K! G
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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