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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. / O$ t7 G# `4 w
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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 a. O/ V% s R7 u1 ?/ @
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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1 d, R7 b4 h8 J6 r+ V"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. / w( G1 B* D* ?) o* J. {# N
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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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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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- ~5 w5 Y- c* I; O0 a0 uThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. , n, |5 z. j+ {6 p' K, S
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干0 ~- \ v4 s' n/ o. c# z
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