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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM. S: o6 P* @ m! X: A
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- S3 t) j& \$ V+ a9 o# y; L3 `+ y9 NEDMONTON - 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. 3 |) v4 o8 G, A2 W- z- A* R4 A
4 }# N4 |6 u% ]( O" r) P3 yHis 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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; p5 }9 |& T! O+ i4 q- X7 Z"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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: @- J8 X7 ?! F$ KAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ' h: y. {- u2 Q$ e: C8 b h
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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."
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: Z! j2 U6 G& T/ }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. " b: d7 r% E8 E7 a8 B9 D+ [
& N( ]% J4 I" `) T8 g( _7 G" m! r: tDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干* t( o( {8 m& F; V# Z
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