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Canadian Press
' [9 h# ?) Y: E; J0 \8 oApr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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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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# g! b2 t" ~6 H( `" ?1 SHis 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. ; B* z" t7 ?9 F0 [4 }+ \
4 W! g) Q1 B1 y( \6 F"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 4 G7 y( S/ X, _. i
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, h1 a, Q( S* o9 EAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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/ D: _; x, t% M$ \) V"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. : V0 W6 A7 }. i* M7 ^
1 \2 O& C" r$ v& U o3 L' x"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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* {2 H$ {% K" Z8 e' L9 {9 t+ z- N$ AAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. # ?7 m* C+ N. p) x8 e% J/ |# ~
- N* h1 z5 w+ `) X- g! l0 B1 [; fDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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