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Canadian Press
0 |3 e0 d& F, R! bApr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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7 ]; X' j/ R! rEDMONTON - 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. 6 f5 s# m8 W2 O+ ]5 X
3 N, G0 m( K% E0 e1 q4 o- J# Y5 aHis 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. # e6 L& n. A0 o' E, V5 l
( b! q7 b- k+ S; q% Z# J, G"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 0 ^9 X# [) }/ s- [' c( g- U4 T
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ; U6 h5 e# x( }
, z9 f. d# M5 ` e" ~ j! }"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 ]" l$ G _4 p I z* E8 m& J
* {4 ^7 G; G. z( T3 D9 g2 X"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." " }3 B+ h! T5 ^5 J( f8 R' p) n& A& {
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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. 7 f0 ]- n0 w$ {4 V; I4 {& L, ]
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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, {, C7 t! {9 a! |0 PDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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