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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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7 }8 b* q2 e( d$ IHis 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. # a: M+ B8 G0 J& S8 s* M6 ^3 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 5 l$ _! c9 c( h, f
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4 v3 }. A% h' _. s+ m0 I/ g6 @Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. ! V, J" A$ F% P% e9 N/ y, X
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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.
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) k j4 K, b" H/ ^' L! X"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 6 F0 M# F+ C+ J6 n, P( v
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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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Danielle很快给他橙汁和饼干
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