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- @, ^5 h$ k3 w$ a/ VEDMONTON - 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. ! U$ D @2 ?) E+ c- `0 y" ?
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His 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. 3 [ b7 z" E9 y3 q" [
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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 + G8 @6 ]0 v5 F J- o* ~9 g
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u( ] ^# F* u8 W3 `( y- d3 I i7 }Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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7 @! \' T+ L" k4 I3 X6 J"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." ( n k1 l c, J0 o2 g7 k) a' N
5 ^+ G( o4 `$ I( ^( ?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. . O' i3 `/ I7 [" O* T( {4 Q, v3 Z
8 y* L6 |( f6 v4 t: LDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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