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Canadian Press
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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.
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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 8 q# C R! r. M( O r- K& z5 H
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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( w C$ [9 Z0 {4 u4 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.
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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. 7 N8 |: O" f% [3 f4 g
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 0 l) O* l. S5 D5 i5 O( c) C
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干 A G- |" w, g# w+ P0 i
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