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"I think he's fine" Owen assured them yet again, the last three days of tests a blur as they tried to make the little boy as safe as possible and their fear as disguised as they could. He had not had another 'moment' as Ianto was calling it and as Ianto sat watching Hawk digging through the toy box in the corner of Owen's office Owen flicked though the test results.

"Blood tests are clear, no infections or anything like that. The MRI … CT scan…. showed no bleeding or growths, nothing that would suggest anything negative in there … no flu, no temperature spikes … I will go … he laughed so much that he forgot to breathe for a moment or two. It happens. Might never happen again or might happen tomorrow. He might remember, might not. He is shocked by the flurry of sudden attention and activity, and does not think anything bad happened. He's a good little man who is accommodating even with the needles that he hates. Look … we can poke and prod for the next year and not find the root cause. I have not done a lumbar puncture as we both know how cruel that is, not when he exhibits no other symptoms that would warrant one."

"Agreed" Ianto sighed as he rubbed his face.

"Breath Holding Spells are not uncommon. One in four of toddler seizures are from something not life threatening … like that was. Night terrors, holding of breath, fainting, migraines or even psychotic episodes. Nothing life threatening, just some sort of chemical imbalance or glitch in the matrix. Ianto.. mate… you watch him like a ….well….hawk. Yeah? You would know if it had happened before, would know if any other symptoms were presenting at times. They aren't. I go … Breath Holding Episode. Scary for all concerned but something that he will not die from because you are there to grab him and shock him out of it." Owen shrugged "His entire family killed, could even be latent head trauma form birth, something there we might never see or know now manifesting as he develops. All I do know is that he is healthy, happy and well fed. Clever and quick witted. A three and a half year old terror. He will grow out of it."

"Thanks Owen" Ianto said as Hawk toddled over, his arms up for a clutch and Ianto lifted him for a cuddle.

Growing pains were not supposed to be this scary.