But that kind of enthusiasm is sort of hard to sustain over the long term, and eventually it petered down to just one friend, who would send me jokes during the day and come and keep me company in the evenings -- someone I got to know a whole lot better during this period of convalescence.
No, takav entuzijazam je teško  održati duže vrijeme pa se s vremenom svelo  na jednog prijatelja, koji bi mi slao šale tijekom dana i dolazio me zabavljati navečer -- netko koga sam dobro upoznala  tijekom razdoblja oporavka.