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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. 3 y: H+ M- u% s# i4 s9 G
* k5 l* E6 q& SHis 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. 2 |6 Q, H' g! J# m* q4 B
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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 # [+ L" g7 `* M
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7 |$ i- ~1 ^3 T0 r' S* FAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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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. 8 z* d T0 U! g& x" L2 y
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." - s" N, N0 s* n1 p$ D, y+ [
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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. 9 P- `4 @+ j2 j; B4 [; _
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. ' R; E$ P4 x! c4 L# h! C
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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