| His health began to fail, and he retired to the Pyrenees, where he convalesced until his health improved. |
| I had whooping cough, was sick for a week or two and convalesced in bed under the lilac tree in our back yard. |
| Determined to return to the profession he loves, he convalesced for 10 months by taking a post in the fire safety education department. |
| After a long period of treatment in three hospitals he convalesced in Richmond Park. |
| While she convalesced from her serious illness, she watched the world-famous Whitbread Race on television and was transfixed by the entire event. |
| As her father convalesced and improved, Cavell was convinced that nursing was her destiny. |
