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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM8 g) |- z$ Y# c! n0 R! P* b
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( H$ B v8 _/ o7 u1 `' O0 j% s" jEDMONTON - 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. 7 A/ ~* o# n) t6 E4 ?
9 U n1 M2 c3 Y- N7 m2 e" s9 WHis 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. 4 ~ x6 Q7 a1 h, K$ H: g
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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 z6 ]- B+ r6 F- d: U
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7 n$ \2 N/ c" I4 [0 T- e0 L- dAlex'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. 4 J |0 H2 J) p2 ?% E0 t
0 k2 Y+ }* q* ` E7 W7 A# ^; ["He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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) W" A2 `: G$ S4 xAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. 1 E; ~$ X' e) M' s
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. + q& r! j: l2 W& A1 D( q! j: k
: |$ @' |: j x+ W4 \6 u- a/ d( a2 tDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干 n" v F' e S J' x c
4 g1 o+ E% B1 o; U[ 本帖最后由 加美葡萄酒 于 2006-4-30 12:23 编辑 ] |
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