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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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( G ]# }5 U8 ^1 N6 T/ |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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0 v. t! a Y/ z6 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 0 T& I$ D, y* G$ N
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! ]6 H& F4 ~# u3 HAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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0 c& N' R# |* O7 o, d% H9 m"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. 6 }0 Y2 [' { S$ x) ], E5 [
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 1 ^% J( j. P) s5 J" m: [
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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. # Z# ?- z) c" g4 C4 y. K# {
4 k: Q3 b# s, sDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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