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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM. m* L7 C4 B; C
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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. 3 n9 v& ?. J5 e6 w0 `
* d3 y" C) Z$ m3 S) `1 H9 @8 d$ MHis 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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- \, @/ {* W, n `"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 # [4 H: h9 `2 j% X* O- Q
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 2 \% Y) u$ A6 }1 ]! K5 @- S
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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."
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* @4 S6 q" f2 ^& `& X( v) z* V+ A+ V! rAfter 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. . V; g3 f7 R @8 a
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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