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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 Z4 G: D* s/ d3 c7 j
/ \/ D, g* d# d6 @0 T9 Q, E8 g2 EHis 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 ' S0 \8 k) }9 V/ C) W4 Q9 g- P7 o
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. / y+ }/ F4 e' v/ _/ ]
5 Z7 C( K# \4 s/ q1 ]"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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$ x5 x& m; i0 u7 J0 R' {! V"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 2 v; d3 {6 `. E9 ?9 R
" C7 H& a" Z8 aAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. 4 u* s0 f+ x8 x/ v& ~
5 Q5 B+ a( k. OThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 8 ~, d. D7 }6 T, i5 F+ O" h) B
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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