recovering, recuperating, convalescing, improving, discharged, released, ambulatory, getting well, getting better, out of the hospital, past the crisis, out of emergency care, out of intensive care, getting over something, mending, healing, gaining strength, undergoing rehabilitation, restored, rejuvenated, on the mend*; see also well 1.

ambulatory patient, one recovering from a sickness, one recovering from an injury, walking case; see patient.