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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. 7 d8 u+ M& v; D3 f* U! Z
$ O1 x: h' u# A% V& QHis 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. , w5 q$ @8 U' i
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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 : M! i m( m, B0 T( f& a, b
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# }8 D+ h5 D$ W4 ?# y% rAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. , A4 w; w. e, R& ~
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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. ; s/ |# M1 C7 u: F' _" t4 m: e* H
N5 N+ M; [3 c+ Z- R" t"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." % R0 D/ N& }3 R+ h. U6 D/ X
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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. 2 u% P; B0 r9 h9 h, H4 {% b) ^, S
/ a0 h' X; R" \5 z& y! lThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. + o# z; q; S) D: t
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干. j0 z1 b" D3 j
+ H Q+ L/ `# |, g7 I5 S" H ~4 U[ 本帖最后由 加美葡萄酒 于 2006-4-30 12:23 编辑 ] |
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