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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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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. ( I, [1 z& I4 M- k8 X) p
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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. # H( b$ G1 k7 h+ Q% q
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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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Alex'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. + y/ q* L+ @6 y7 n2 k. U
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." & {1 A I7 X4 X0 W/ u0 O4 T
# `. X* W: q. K* m. ]9 b' AAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. , C+ i8 q2 g; A( l$ k6 b& ]/ X( E
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. 2 m2 f) U- s/ N% H7 d/ B8 t
0 Q3 a3 a" i+ z6 ~3 L3 ^4 lDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干# a5 t& U+ H( d( v
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