convalescent

toipilas-, toipuva

toipilas recover Recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness.
(RQ:Chmbrs YngrSt)

"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"

I had been ill in health, but am now a convalescent.