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Canadian Press
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9 I: y. `' J B6 l* G1 b' UEDMONTON - 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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4 @+ {1 K. t4 sHis 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. 2 s) i5 v% l/ y! [- n0 q5 P
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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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8 ^( V6 H" K+ B( _* n3 B( wAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. & J7 }0 c+ h r; j
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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. 6 S" ?) g% C: z5 k- [' S2 |
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"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 8 K- E' c: b" _
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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. 6 Z' O4 ^4 X. s+ t3 d
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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