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. y' j' o& |8 J: tEDMONTON - 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. : ^" R) T* E/ ]
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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
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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- O9 C0 i/ q7 |" n v; v t"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." . p) A2 i/ ?. d2 z7 X
7 ~# _4 r; o0 X( `* f# {After Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. % I7 r# E V' x1 r5 h
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. + `; z/ R+ r( E6 b9 I, S+ r# s
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