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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM* u( w( V2 A1 n3 b9 r1 `, R
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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.
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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. ) d/ @8 G w( g5 N
0 J' a0 r4 C# k' b/ p5 H"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 0 d" Z- `0 D2 W% O" O9 g b
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5 k4 R9 @) I) @; r8 {& qAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 6 e) c* F* C9 w: U0 _
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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." 6 B1 G' a1 ~/ S0 y2 l, g8 j
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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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$ d5 l$ e# G1 W- b% S( {9 dThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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