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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. ( W z/ U4 @) I- D# T+ O# V# Z
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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 $ |1 k3 H' ^$ ]' K& _5 @ Z8 P1 Y
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a9 F( `% W# h: l+ Z1 f% E8 x1 lAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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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. ! C0 |* _/ p8 G. Q) @
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." $ c3 T: ^4 V8 M3 Y- {
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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. + ?* c7 m& [" M# b
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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