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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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: L: L6 Q3 c7 S7 [& JEDMONTON - 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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3 I6 ~# }3 ]6 O' @" u6 l, x7 `( |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 : \" R. @3 Y- u5 `3 T; I7 I
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Alex'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.
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." - T; F- N: I$ Q) n9 l8 h
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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. 2 T9 v/ z: Q) v+ N8 h7 h5 c0 U3 s6 O
1 ^) _; c/ r/ s- R. v9 OThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 8 r* a3 t! L/ z6 G4 E
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干8 Y2 U* e7 P% R' P4 {; z
" s# p4 w* W+ l7 y# b[ 本帖最后由 加美葡萄酒 于 2006-4-30 12:23 编辑 ] |
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