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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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! ~( g( B1 \2 F6 e6 f1 b1 IHis 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. 6 G" q0 k) b9 {( R0 c
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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 9 b, b& b2 s% Z& B
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1 J. V5 B& e7 K4 I: ?Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. % o# T3 A! L; [- W
% q* v }- N8 G; y& m"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. : E+ U; _3 J, { ^
! G% R- ~$ d- Y" y) ?( e8 T"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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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.
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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q+ }4 o5 M$ G# [( W: j: C3 ADanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干! U$ P% z+ F2 `! n
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