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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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% o! b4 R) M' T* x4 F- xEDMONTON - 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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$ k0 n9 q+ ?3 z5 \, W& P! B' lHis 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. 5 P4 H$ N3 d# h& b. @) s
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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 $ e( E' \. I' h4 i" E2 U/ x" M6 ~
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- ^ C+ Z9 v0 e( ?" mAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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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. 6 e* E9 y1 q' J) _! r1 {8 {3 g$ @( k
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 2 X8 K! r& _. B( K: \/ b2 Z4 b2 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. . d- m2 [7 p% g, q; J2 @
% K# O! j. H; A$ t( X, b$ ^Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. ( v; G6 O. X' {+ ]4 t& M0 [
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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