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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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! Z3 u; @# j3 o1 ]6 aHis 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. ) N, K; L8 a- q% }9 x$ T7 h
4 T1 r$ ^* \/ O0 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 + p2 \: K/ O$ p: W3 [
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( N ~: J2 g9 A0 h6 rAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. j( e i$ {; m2 u# R( R/ t
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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. ' F9 w# j( _$ c3 E1 ?
# ~" R# f5 o1 i"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." % M" V/ b- e4 v" |
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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. + f# z- r! m9 P- O
9 z& R; ]4 [ h+ N) ]) m% e4 PThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 8 U6 N4 a5 z$ z
" h) e, b6 Q+ O9 \8 n1 l- `Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干6 I/ E+ c/ ]! R1 e7 E
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