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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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7 U0 ^6 C, m$ W9 n; c2 jHis 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
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$ q3 c0 i& ]' z9 S, x$ s+ yAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. q8 Q; K9 m+ ^) q$ 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. |8 }1 M9 B7 @- ~& E3 o
U; ?1 r, X6 _3 s8 R2 u& n8 ~( D' ]"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." , R7 n! b- t- \% l' t
7 T& X) {! @' \ T9 [4 VAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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$ @; r' @/ T5 }& mThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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