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% e: A8 R4 X( B9 X" f1 REDMONTON - 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.
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% I0 M q v, t0 Q. g0 S3 p# l"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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- t5 E6 ^7 V( C) M/ r# FAlex'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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* C4 v9 g8 H4 p6 N+ i"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died."
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: ^$ x. E4 d7 _; l6 H" h3 \8 `" n, MAfter 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. 7 ~; q: _3 @, t8 t' t0 d8 Y$ K; L
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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