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Canadian Press ( u6 E: f) G) z) c9 h7 f! a
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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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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: ?0 J* m; h7 K; g/ P# x* s( ]"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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- D7 U; A2 B, @/ ]2 ?4 bAlex'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. % H' H% F* f9 P/ D" X
6 ]" V" U' n1 ]5 \"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 0 ~9 U! k8 N7 k5 Q+ W* }1 l
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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.
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) V- Q' `9 u2 a( s) ~Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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8 J5 ~; {) c& U- ^$ j& a* i[ 本帖最后由 加美葡萄酒 于 2006-4-30 12:23 编辑 ] |
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