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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM. C# Z" m( T! |3 t1 E
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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. + S- f6 I- W0 r, w+ b1 ^
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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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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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. x2 S$ d& [. R7 Z/ Y& S7 _"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. % s M% f) Z. T
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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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/ s4 J% p% O$ R& j5 P4 ZAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. * R" ]2 g+ i* Q
, M) E% g; ~+ `% |! \% f+ aThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 8 g- G. f' M' ]. @. L
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