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( \2 D$ H }0 v) R* B6 }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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: q) D' {( u8 w9 X ]; dHis 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- W6 A- Q, Z% c) C+ V6 k, w+ f; \
/ j2 [6 S9 \) A P"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 3 x- u* V4 H& t; e) c* R
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) ]& a; g- T( H$ XAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. # E ?5 [! P' m- V8 C; _$ z; y
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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. * n+ r6 h+ M/ d4 M3 O
" D6 K p4 H( U) n5 w* Y& K"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 7 o: n* Z; y7 _+ c* O$ l
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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. , y) O: O' b$ d; ^7 O9 o- K: \3 Z+ I
9 w+ a( c5 C) _% r6 j* ^( I/ kThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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) O# A. S' S5 f+ K T2 y* VDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干" I' u' |3 y; r8 `, w
1 k) b$ P- {4 H* t% i0 E( y+ E[ 本帖最后由 加美葡萄酒 于 2006-4-30 12:23 编辑 ] |
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