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Canadian Press
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" J3 s# @% Z2 E9 A7 GEDMONTON - 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. 3 n7 R9 q9 S! c" h3 a% U* N
0 G' Y- t% v6 V' O6 UHis 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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! j9 L9 t. n# o1 C: w"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 & h; f3 u' i& |. e! z
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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* J& a% N: S( V7 M. z# h0 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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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 2 m8 S. W; O+ ?; ~( ~1 P! F
! x- H3 m, c, hAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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8 O. d6 @+ {( y A( f& eThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. ; T. c4 O y/ c6 v7 @1 Q
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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