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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM/ s) B1 F- }: U
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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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. x& Q$ M: M, \7 f a {" r zHis 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. 1 C$ s" E% X. B& I( `# a. m8 S
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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
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. S+ T5 r/ ? ]% m% t7 A1 j- yAlex'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." 0 P& X3 R q5 H
) Q @$ `! b; s4 |+ J1 o: _After Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. + i! U! v% T6 E& i. ~3 V% ~. j3 N
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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