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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM/ p0 J+ R6 I4 b7 b$ a
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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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9 N) {$ c: K7 [$ T3 V3 S9 EHis 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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( F9 W! B+ O& zAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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( [( ]6 t9 {# j4 u"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. 0 z/ L# }% h6 i) D8 G$ V
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." ) L# X( _; H9 L, R7 |
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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. ' Z8 i: ]: P! w; N
7 X' @4 x" L" j$ qThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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