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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM6 L" S8 J6 \8 j$ F7 A
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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. $ }8 x0 a X$ D9 ~/ i$ l1 Q f. T
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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. : n* u( S1 w# o( o$ B1 U
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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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. S8 T# A% V- l* \Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. # ^" F* k. m. n0 Z# 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. ( a; w h/ l g* S2 I2 M" D% M; c
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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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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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. + I/ Q# L/ z( k9 c
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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