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Apr. 26, 2006 04:42 PM; D1 d T) K( |1 E
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4 y6 e& q, d8 ^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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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. " M0 A! S; j! m. w, D
, d" S( f/ c+ j& o& b! N"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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1 {2 @& q) R% M1 B"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. ; q3 h( F f ]8 P3 Y- k [
1 W4 j- T* b3 X9 O. C) y' E4 `/ y"He had five minutes before he would have seized. He would have seized and slipped into a coma and died." 2 x- e! }; y1 v* O+ L0 `& u8 S
% p$ j. G& ~3 z9 RAfter Alex woke up, Danielle quickly gave him orange juice and cookies to boost his flagging blood sugar levels, she said. 0 K+ R$ `" [. K1 Q. L1 C" [; f
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Then the family rewarded Mel-O with a plate of tuna. ; R# V1 j& h* a
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