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. z; i) ~# l5 D! JEDMONTON - 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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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 ; t0 m" w6 i7 p" h7 ?' e( m- d
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( J" O- i8 { tAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 7 N N! g7 t! r! p4 b& b
5 O) @* A$ h d"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." 7 s5 h6 o: m7 k; p
; E& _& }- \4 V& |1 F! AAfter 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 A; d$ G; F9 y( G/ N/ z' QThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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; U8 O8 ?% K! T; ~/ rDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干2 y( ?( `- T6 a' M# K
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