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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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( I7 ]2 c3 H4 x; r' y }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 / s- J7 ~+ p. m3 Q0 W K
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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& w6 {5 Y, a" F4 M- v5 a! Q"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. * E; o/ }' W7 k1 m% \
# j) f/ A6 `, d& c7 C8 X"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 4 r; w- c2 c+ |5 t! g" w' r- ^8 d
) `' H) H& C q: |$ C6 \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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, P( |! j$ P" NThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 4 T9 R) `6 o" |2 @, X6 T9 s3 y
8 \8 [- W5 X4 l3 hDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干2 z! `/ D3 `( z- {- ~8 p2 T; |
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