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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. ' ?* p( K' T8 J1 y. B! B; |% k
! k) \3 Q$ I0 ?1 L* 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/ F: n8 H/ d7 `7 d2 o" B"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. * `6 U$ `1 \8 S6 Q
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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.
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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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. L' v3 a8 r: r. q0 t0 o IAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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% \. Q5 p# N3 n8 i% g1 t( k3 @/ p, oThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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+ J* t2 j& N$ Z4 r* n5 _% G, vDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干; z1 I: d& I( e' e% i
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