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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. , a5 d2 \( A- k
/ C: W; K) h: h9 S1 g4 VHis 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. : I4 k* ~- W; Y7 [% v- [
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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 5 j. H# z M$ ]3 u8 w) ~# r
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# J: ?+ M+ z: t5 ?' g2 [, U* N, AAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. - n' _4 @# m& G3 w3 d
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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. ) h R9 K; [+ y9 `! 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." 1 u* }- i" ^* F9 H) g9 C- ]
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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.
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. x/ Y0 ~, G/ r/ s, p5 l! k2 TThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. ! q0 J+ q# r5 B
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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