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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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6 \1 u9 H% A! W: b3 M6 J, M& BEDMONTON - 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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) W! | w1 y" b# j2 i n0 b; }3 y$ C) bHis 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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6 r. e' o0 M5 N& Z( x6 s- z( Y. j3 aAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ! O+ n# Y% a3 u7 @# g) @
1 C0 k( f8 i* b$ V"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. " A$ L6 m1 x# l6 f- ~2 U" z1 G, I
8 @% z. ]) p# }; ]; K5 [3 S"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 8 `/ y& D# `. Q
# o1 ]2 Y! s) M0 x2 ^! `" jAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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3 d9 s# t1 e& h, Q- T# pThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. : W/ W/ w3 \" y7 O/ T% c( Z
2 b- G) I5 e6 VDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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