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Apr. 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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5 M2 D' Q/ A- h* U% d7 OHis 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.
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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
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. * i! b& h; d% b% Q. @- B. A
; ^- U: x! ^* C0 _/ x2 }"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. : `7 w* F5 C. T8 h, L4 c
+ [7 W3 m# T0 }- @" I% r" s) V"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 6 U! U0 T/ k7 S1 M+ I
) Y. A1 N7 X7 T* VAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. ! S; H" k' \5 L: \# U
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干/ M8 }! ]' o/ ]" I, s& O
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