"It took Severus and the Healers a while to discover that the dark hex was feeding off the magical attention it was receiving when we were attempting to heal it,’ Draco explained. "They starved it, and the curse "died." For the first little while, you were healing naturally, and it is only in the last two weeks that they have been introducing a few magical elements into your healing. It’ll be another few weeks, now that you are awake, before they will release you.’