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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.
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3 I! e; j7 {8 n: p. u0 @' d' T( J4 A"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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& _( u9 b5 F' L& S( S$ e' IAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 4 H/ q M4 s6 M4 a& J6 P
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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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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." ) F" R7 S( @0 \
# n# l! e C$ {( |7 L& E2 MAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. 6 A1 C% Z9 g: p/ U9 X+ W6 T
# `! X8 L' u! y8 {( [2 [: G3 lThen 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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