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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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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
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% A( L) b/ ?' G' XAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ) I0 a! Q/ j0 D( k7 x; P8 R* j6 [* \
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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. + p0 T2 m+ H1 P* `. D7 P
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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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U; o1 B8 D) ^. W) {After Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. 9 J! m! E+ m5 n8 ~( G
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