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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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% h2 a: X6 [7 o N% ~9 t1 jHis 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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; ]; q, V/ O6 _2 s8 t% a. Q"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 " H( l( R/ y$ P% g9 K/ U
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 6 ~- f$ }+ y7 v7 f1 \
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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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' l1 @7 _1 A- M% R" wAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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1 c& a- Q3 r% UThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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