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7 L2 c% p) O( B& JEDMONTON - 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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7 d: d6 Y" V8 ?+ w; JHis 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. , C8 o& y G0 T" T, q7 N* K' a
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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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3 B+ S: Y4 ~! w) Q' a- X5 gAlex'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. : ]- b7 M3 }+ r; _) 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." 3 |3 B! H6 c1 [2 s- R* a1 F
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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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5 C9 J+ B2 q' o$ XDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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