I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.
— George Bernard Shaw
Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, was converted to the religious life while recovering from a battle wound. Convalescence has been put to interesting use by many thinkers, artists and writers. Some, like Robert Louis Stevenson, became famous for it.
Tell us about recovery times — yours, or your patients' — in The Left Atrium. We welcome prose submissions of up to 1000 words (annemarie.todkill{at}cma.ca).