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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. / G$ o. p- ]0 O
+ K) u4 r: ~6 R. d. Z" B# i% `His 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 : r3 o& I5 `& Q5 R
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$ l1 D* |6 h( `1 kAlex'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. . C& C0 ^6 w B( o& V% [( w8 t/ _
# R% w |) c& [6 P+ ]2 q% H"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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, h% C9 F: S9 D! x0 X8 fAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. ! c4 A( d5 r' F. X1 K. L7 U$ i
; T; R3 n E& G$ KThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. % @5 R* \ u( p8 E
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干6 m/ K b, h) Q8 l) D N. @
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