convalescense

Her mother had periods of taking to her bed, leaving my grandmother to run things and look after her younger brother - perhaps today she would have been diagnosed with a depression or a bipolar disorder, though I know little about the details beyond these periods of self-imposed convalescense.

A Study in Contrasts: My Other Granny kittenpie 2006

Her mother had periods of taking to her bed, leaving my grandmother to run things and look after her younger brother - perhaps today she would have been diagnosed with a depression or a bipolar disorder, though I know little about the details beyond these periods of self-imposed convalescense.

Archive 2006-07-01 kittenpie 2006

Greenock in the autumn, she found her brother sick of a malignant fever at the house of her aunt; bravely disregarding danger of contagion, she devoted herself to nursing him, and brought him to a safe convalescense only to be herself stricken by his malady and to rapidly sink and die, a sacrifice to her sisterly affection.

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 Various 1885