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Canadian Press
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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. 3 X( V) \ A# o$ s4 L/ B9 t
9 w2 Q0 B: Q6 T; D6 QHis 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. " {, ~( d, B' v2 d
' l+ e. _* g8 I, a9 s"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. " @2 A7 j' }2 B0 b7 b+ ]
, K5 |4 i, b% l- c' Q5 W( 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.
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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6 A* x; {" ~9 u6 _% NAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. 4 w& U5 v/ d# l7 m! f) n
" k6 [: v0 B! f6 ?+ }8 [Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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