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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. 5 M& g; M; `+ q8 q8 e. b
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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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& E7 n% v2 P# Z1 z4 o7 P/ U8 M"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 ) B7 o' ~" u" A' m9 P$ u
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) [; A1 t' g- yAlex'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.
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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, [: ? `; `/ ~ \7 q+ P( Y7 t, @After Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 0 a: t4 n4 e+ U4 {- T
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干5 c& N$ H* ^$ e6 A
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