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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM) D; N! h' h( I; o
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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. 1 u9 v. D- m+ V# L# H6 P' X
. S: `9 P. N4 O- U7 e8 Z* T5 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.
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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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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. + |3 j! P4 ~" @6 [2 T
7 X0 A' v" v4 ?2 g3 v- O0 @+ I& b7 |"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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6 y; G: d) I) e. h"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." + e( T- B; t; t9 P
, ]/ w6 u5 k& ]4 B& hAfter 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.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干- _' U' H* B6 \6 p y/ ]
* A7 }# L6 w' m# {0 H[ 本帖最后由 加美葡萄酒 于 2006-4-30 12:23 编辑 ] |
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