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Canadian Press
3 R' L/ g. w& i ?+ YApr. 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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8 N4 n* p$ u8 x W1 PHis 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. 0 J" x! S. F4 G) b" e5 Y& R g
# s+ T6 S) ]" s$ m& Q! w- G"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. 5 H/ Z6 [7 j& S, [1 h' S
$ Q. x* p) p- d+ \"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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3 H: T5 L, Z3 T7 O' [9 U"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." . V( G6 _5 y- ^8 u; E8 B: C& h
) l& e7 h: ^ Z) Q0 c. x& L* wAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. + X9 Q. n+ i: j% D. ]
! B9 s6 G' y2 V( p2 X( b& eThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干$ K7 N! x4 z9 O' S+ |; {
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