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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. ' @+ }0 S+ V+ y
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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. 7 `/ P+ o/ n+ w: e9 X, w2 a0 c4 _
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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 1 F# [$ k' F4 b$ v7 w) ^4 n! \, E
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5 r5 d* _2 A8 o2 OAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 2 B( M& D7 _& p7 J" Z; ~
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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. ; k% [* O( T* ]% w, @
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." " f5 R: N% l& z7 `
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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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: I* M7 k" s) @ z3 q, [9 IThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. . z2 i$ Z; l6 k/ Z9 i
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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