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Canadian Press 9 G- O* Y! U2 S
Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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I& Z8 _- ]# O; n8 q! c/ ?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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0 l2 F! X0 J+ E: ?His 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 ( \* q3 U5 t l: Q/ A( K! l; F8 o
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- Y3 j8 ~) v. ^9 ~Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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# D& h" Y- ?" O, z"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. % f- y4 l" J! @& d* ^
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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8 s$ F- o2 K/ [; aAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. 1 V$ E& E9 R& i0 g
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. ( i1 D4 }/ E r4 P1 x" q9 T3 Y
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