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3 L/ K M7 W1 W6 @0 G+ fApr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM2 I) \6 b& Y5 b- p% b
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: K9 w/ D+ F' q/ \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. # u f. p. X5 [6 ?+ F
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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. 0 }8 _- X5 G |1 N; g
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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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6 a, P' j: k% ?; w' wAlex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics.
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# l) ]5 A' \, O* M- X# U# H"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. 8 s/ K4 P) A# ~! d9 Q7 V e5 Q
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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 P$ p/ d& G, h3 H: f/ o
! o) S% l, _0 c" c# Z& {; EThen the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna.
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; X8 k/ l; p9 @$ f6 x, @' VDanielle很快给他橙汁和饼干6 E; P7 ^/ M# J d4 r: n
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