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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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& }5 B$ ~8 c5 k* J7 L6 GEDMONTON - 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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! h5 r4 r- q1 ]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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"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 b+ q, `; V' U7 j1 \' D
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& H2 x2 Q2 B0 o( `/ V8 `4 t4 sAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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2 l- r& H5 w+ [" ^( N/ M"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. 9 X$ Y6 Z! X$ o+ C k( Q
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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. 5 S- K4 i I3 R+ b: N# W
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. - A/ v8 l7 z/ ?; e9 G
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干* @. D' X3 |, H1 I3 \1 B e& O
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