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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. 0 l* ]+ Y& M$ G- H
1 }' }$ s& _6 A6 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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& ?- `! v, V% x( v5 ?"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 : X$ k, ~7 E2 r, Y4 `4 R
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; ~* h. ~* l) Q9 W3 C* G3 bAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 6 J6 D& r/ E: i+ \5 R
1 r5 J0 }. ~# g% q"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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: h& e; f) k& f6 r"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 4 T/ w7 n# n# T! m% p& P
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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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( [: _& f2 i3 J6 g2 RThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. : P* S) v* c6 q0 `: t
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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