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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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( E! G2 r2 P6 `! R- T- YHis 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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& P* F4 m F( }- M( }: ~"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 & l, ]. _1 W+ `* w
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/ o' S+ b7 F/ `) e9 OAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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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. * v7 D) p- N, a6 A6 ~2 N6 {
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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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Q. I* u [- n! ^2 @0 S0 f; HAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. ) N! G, r6 ~3 E+ Z) M
8 t7 S4 |. q' B/ z. \* r& c" NThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 8 u; o) A$ H/ Z! ]; N0 a* J v
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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