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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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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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/ g ]) M$ B, V" VHis 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. . b3 i1 T$ n3 | F: Z. v
e& @* Q, Q8 F5 l7 P"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 + m. L5 K1 t. N8 ]0 A; i
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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4 n( _$ j- N" Y; o0 n5 r3 B! M"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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: e& y6 F. Q3 Q& U( O, E"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. 7 G: {, F3 o" v9 U ]% ^% k% \
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 2 M; N& n/ P* E: s+ J* u6 i
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干0 K: _- W) T" Z# {9 ^ S
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