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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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, o$ j2 D6 d0 i y1 [7 sEDMONTON - 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. 1 t& q% ^( B! O) J7 p8 \
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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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1 v) P% B( f2 Z9 z& ]$ Q"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 1 b) D+ i/ n0 y7 E) n* C
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% X `3 a a6 G7 V9 _* ]- _( TAlex'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.
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$ Z" Y* f! {3 k2 d9 m: X8 {"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." * W$ {* Y) D/ U$ T9 R
9 J" o% _, Z+ a2 j+ u8 X* v. F5 mAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. % H% `7 m" I9 j
& i* E9 }2 P5 rThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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, R. s3 ~: d% R, x0 ODanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干8 `# H5 a1 r5 U q$ E! a
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