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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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$ h5 x: Z% D3 P4 {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. 1 b) f/ } T4 N# _
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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
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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. 7 C2 C0 q$ E5 t0 C% }* C% k( X
# a9 l$ \% W, D% X5 | @ y% i0 U) D"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." ) E% f- }% p4 `) n& }
' F7 M/ G5 g+ `$ wAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. # \* K ?$ G( v! h: |
# z+ u" u) P4 }% K( [1 _" wThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. - X( F' A: R" l
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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