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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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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. 2 E* c2 ^) T1 B4 F% v
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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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"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 8 }* S( [$ _, h5 z
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' }- h+ g: \. ?% O" b/ RAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 2 a; w* _- \& `
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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. & K9 F" c9 j1 L% J0 m9 g
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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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4 ]. {7 m) ^% I7 |0 F+ E4 n9 Q ^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.
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