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Canadian Press
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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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His 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. : D1 [* `, F) i: L0 O* X1 A
3 _ R9 e j8 W& d( |$ j* j5 x"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 0 ^9 ]) e, R' H5 W0 A- I4 M! B
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, v$ c) N" f9 Z; s+ _' Y0 FAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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K" e: S, v7 T3 y"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. ) _) X' q' J" ?1 K
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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! N; G, H9 X% C& e/ F6 L& xAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. ( K% Y2 B: k9 ?' h9 W) M) E
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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
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