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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. * q. ]# L, g+ ^/ G4 e* o& _
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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.
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4 ^$ [/ h5 j: }" W3 ]; q0 t8 V"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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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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3 W$ v/ e" j& Z1 s1 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. ! |3 B" Q* m& t- i2 F0 w1 n+ ~3 `
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 9 I, [* b$ q2 {1 h5 M/ @' c
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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. ; O1 m! I, [/ {4 I
, F% C" X$ f) T8 h* w; H5 i9 |# JThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干. S+ ]' Z. Q! c
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