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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM
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7 R; B( ?; N3 F0 h" t5 zEDMONTON - 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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! h( i/ s0 `) v2 Y4 d+ Y" \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. 1 a w7 {3 O1 K7 v5 o: |3 X' D7 x
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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 + j! J" Z* U( R! s) V1 A4 n
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Alex's parents, Danielle and Sean Rose, say they're grateful for Mel-O's heroics. * J. u5 E$ k+ i1 t; ^
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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. 4 Q/ a$ i9 j1 ?8 L( \
2 j. E7 F5 c3 y$ v* E _) K& z"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." , M7 ~2 Y& J8 n( V
: J6 [( Y* D" dAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. 6 H9 _1 A; j+ c4 U0 n- y V
. [7 F8 j0 ^" JThen 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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