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2 r: {- V% D! E# m, q' N I( d" i2 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.
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- @3 |' R2 t$ K0 }. cHis 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. 0 z5 M) I# G1 H
" P, n! x( H* k$ i- X' p"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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B" x) g- J2 U y& wAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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Q; j4 H1 I( |"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.
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$ I8 ?/ }4 u2 e; O"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." " M1 u+ h, ^( \0 ]9 z
/ g# i! C) [' z6 RAfter 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.
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' G1 w* P8 I( J) ~! D, qDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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