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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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2 o# g/ a2 c- O6 D5 p, \2 kHis 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. $ n3 z/ d0 c G* w0 R3 X
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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. + N) ~; f0 h6 R# I
1 s1 t- N2 E! {3 M( e x7 p"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." 4 N4 U" \6 O( Y# s
1 C9 n5 j. ~' fAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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& a6 B, w- o, W' p n( b3 LThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. - l) z! ^) I% c- X* w
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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