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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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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. " l5 W6 ]& | F
* q B& @) b: ?1 |9 T2 @$ ]. Z"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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8 ?* n' O$ I c; @7 PAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. 0 s* X7 O$ x, T2 ?# \) Z
# ]3 S. T. }+ F"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. . T5 K, S: y% I
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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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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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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 4 x6 J& I+ j: W8 O- |
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干( H, @; t$ @( d( J5 H& i/ J; F- X
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