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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. & y8 M& d0 ^2 _5 ]# n/ }! g
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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. 7 n! H U) [ j
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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 1 y. x; {9 v6 J H) i1 H
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. : o# V5 e& x3 {5 O
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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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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." $ Q0 Q) |" l( g3 H
8 W; j2 `; w9 T4 I8 d; rAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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3 _; p9 K% t7 L8 @1 C O: P& u( ]Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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