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& q4 e6 M7 x1 Q8 MEDMONTON - 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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9 r7 z: L; \0 c! EHis 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. ) [/ t7 L$ E3 g; m& h& e8 D
% F F5 ^9 ^2 u4 w4 b' i4 M+ A( ^"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. 7 J: P6 b% t+ a6 x) \
. d2 u4 R3 c7 P& p# f! |+ W! t"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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" b. F% ?$ v$ C" Y% i# J"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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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. + j; W1 @# x) M* y9 L
; M) `& p# A& c2 x" `" b/ I; S. aDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干! r) c3 t' c" T, x0 e5 \
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