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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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$ J' \* Y& B R _; |3 DEDMONTON - 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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% U3 A5 y. o# ?: q4 U+ `"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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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 9 @4 X. V( g8 P0 w; @4 K
' r/ D9 n% N8 i3 w, p"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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6 Q8 i9 J) b: H8 U( C! a"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." # r! I# ?- {# c3 C4 V! C6 V8 u3 l- X/ _
3 [8 x) {4 O& T' H1 F( H4 h/ M5 |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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$ S( I6 Z4 G$ S z$ KThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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9 [ h0 \" W* t# J( k. EDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干. S* A1 P; u6 B6 Y5 o+ J
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