How do I give thanks when the recovery is only partial?

Thank God for exactly what is, not for what you wish it were. Gratitude does not require pretending. Name the specific thing: the pain that eased, the morning without fear, the week you were given. Then say the rest honestly — that you wanted more, still want more, and are asking still. Thanksgiving and petition sit in one prayer without contradiction. A partial mercy is a mercy, and naming it changes the one who names it.

The tradition has a blessing for the one who comes through danger — birkat hagomel: thanks for the deliverance that did come, said without pretending the danger was nothing.

From the sources “I love the Lord, for He heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.” — Psalm 116