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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. " }9 c& c: U: S/ c" O; d5 k* J
$ k/ b2 G3 z9 t# J' OHis 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. - ~. M8 _$ ~# L m& S5 `* q
; s' w# T. e5 }5 e8 H9 T' T ]6 S"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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" Q# }! T, T$ L5 G" }Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ) R+ y6 O' f+ ?& F( m
% {3 S& }+ V2 p5 ~6 F) L: A"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." 3 c. I, v- d( `( p. Q
" z+ T# G' l. A9 C: N9 YAfter 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.
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