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0 {" ?1 R# Q9 R$ q E# JEDMONTON - 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. 0 G! c; \2 R0 r1 D, p! n
, ?/ u. Z1 {4 P. SHis 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. ! L) o* `1 p) P: b4 |
! S D+ d5 F5 |' w8 d"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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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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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. 9 n) r* P: j3 E+ T! c0 ]& j
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." , K* x5 `4 `/ W+ \3 W
8 g, D. N \4 G* z. tAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. & x- a; q3 @9 T9 K9 u/ G$ Z# @ X+ t
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 8 C; Z" [+ \' z% ]) L4 G8 z, H7 h
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