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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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0 a; d. W8 ?/ {6 s+ M* C% g7 Y5 ]5 KHis 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. 6 S. {; Y0 U) Z$ q! k' Q4 K0 r
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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 ( d6 O7 N/ V* ^% F# G0 m2 ^
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ' v% z* t8 }( A3 j
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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.
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9 y- q! {( Z* P5 c3 @9 }"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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( v) O$ u( b" g. XAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. , D" t1 c- E) L5 J
% ~0 B7 Y# U" Q+ P& d9 M WThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 8 y$ y: Z9 f# v# r0 a
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干" M+ `' p9 ?1 H
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