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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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3 x; P+ z" g5 q8 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. ! w# H3 ?% y* j" e
+ Q6 U9 ^! m6 b5 D( K7 C"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 7 g) Q' f( v& Q) n
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. e" U$ F4 \7 E, q. q, ~9 N' J
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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. ) T9 h% ]( D. R G/ N; F% ~
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." $ F( L) a6 t1 w" X
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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. ) A# m- w+ V' E9 j
& o2 K$ S8 q8 {" h( EThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干. ^5 `7 ?! T2 \) u& s
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