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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.
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$ b0 s( z! J- ]. H7 p% CHis 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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" k5 k4 p8 [6 ?6 V. X3 B"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 ) u, r* d+ d$ B
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* \8 `8 l: J& E+ ]- UAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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4 y* m3 E; d- s8 V' z2 n4 ] Q) w"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." * H2 U8 S3 G. p1 ]
6 g& g9 A: C7 Q0 Y; E7 u# e$ EAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. , M" O" A7 G6 H& P* L. Z/ }
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. : o, M$ |* q9 g
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