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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 |) X: e9 d5 G) A5 X' L
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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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: I' X- N$ y% E" q; T" \3 N6 f"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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: ^. ^. ]8 ?% a/ GAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 4 A* a/ T* e6 w) [; s
5 K- K& w q! ^"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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; C) }; \2 K% q" I6 `"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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2 D5 r' a+ h; l, `7 XAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. / e6 L" h6 N- {, v4 K
; |% |) w/ }5 g2 C4 L& w" Y f* FThen 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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