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Canadian Press
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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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# X, @; _: C. 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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"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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5 U6 z) k( M9 j' R% k/ jAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 5 A9 j6 c2 M$ l! ?6 [9 }4 h. J. @
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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. ) d) g+ g+ n5 z! f$ t" S
0 _* l: M _6 P"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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7 p1 E$ t/ a' }+ ^) HAfter 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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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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