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7 s7 b9 P/ U( _2 X0 IApr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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8 b( x8 A) M# I5 a* E- |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. 9 W. V4 m2 Q$ ]( V
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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 & D0 N- L* L" j" g& \# }3 t" E
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 2 U/ W6 d5 k( x! L2 |
# N6 {2 j9 N9 n" e"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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# e6 D: x: \- C, z1 S! B1 q' Q"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." " [. g# [1 m% n' a! d
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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% |+ ?: j( ^4 G) lThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干1 ^1 S4 H* _- N, b3 Y
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