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3 e- D4 w; V+ s/ X1 \0 N- |* xEDMONTON - 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. 9 ?9 l/ t5 u4 O
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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. ' q. W1 w& ~1 U' ~
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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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"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. + G* ^) R8 u( i* d! Z( J
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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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3 H2 M8 R: c& w- b8 } H, m( xAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said.
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% P" Y% u d* R* ?Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 6 m4 ?" l7 S: l
, ~7 j8 H+ W6 E" T. yDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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