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, ]1 q! F5 k) J" {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. / A( f( E' g" u
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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.
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, Q. R. u' V T r7 j) G z"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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* g- W% C8 G5 F0 m: VAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. , b* ~. c* c8 O4 R
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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." & S: X/ B/ K( ~ j# h. x3 _
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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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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 1 i. e% p- d, |$ u, F
3 X, _/ {9 G4 d( T" o# GDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干6 ~7 E a; M- R P* h- u, z
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