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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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. P& X: z) p5 L' SEDMONTON - 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. 4 o% }8 e$ f, ^; Y
4 n9 e4 A- m- I7 u8 F1 RHis 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 / N: J, O8 ~) y) C% }
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7 T. C4 Z( }4 D) I& z& xAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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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. , u9 A5 m4 }& P- t; N
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 2 O0 j( _* N* s& t, W
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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. + Q. w' Q3 x( }9 A# Q: k. Z
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. , z# c; m/ t# H* o! {
+ V3 q2 s5 b8 ]% K2 jDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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