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Canadian Press
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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. 1 r7 ?! |- T; P( W6 ^8 m( ~3 G6 O
0 f+ \4 Y& A7 x+ L* x"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 # A! @3 j4 u6 |3 d( y' p
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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. M9 l$ l4 G# J* i" |"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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% ` \& h9 O# w% n' t- d! S/ B" A"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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[5 m' I9 L [/ nAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. . H, b0 {4 x, b* h8 N4 v5 l
. s8 k7 U+ H1 K" E S PThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. % N! H& f4 v" x) [0 H" c' d' \
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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