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$ q& w9 @$ }8 G; G. NEDMONTON - 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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6 G8 Y5 |/ j4 p. VHis 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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9 r; r+ o9 m6 K* B0 H5 j7 x"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. * z0 p d! M8 y7 [, |
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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. $ c+ f% @% A O- x
& R% V2 [, x% _* ]$ l) O. P- O"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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2 r Z3 S& |# w4 ?) mThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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. Q" l9 [6 ^4 [5 U7 r% Q+ P8 }Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干8 ?3 w4 T5 h+ M+ a2 S" w
$ k/ T8 J) {6 I3 Z- O% R) S- }5 \[ 本帖最后由 加美葡萄酒 于 2006-4-30 12:23 编辑 ] |
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