The pain in Smith's arm grew less with every step.

As the shock of his personal situation wore off, the pain grew.

With the return of full consciousness, his pain had grown worse.

Forced herself to think of some-(but now the pain was growing worse.

And the deeper his pain grew, the worse what followed.

Shortly the pain grew less and he seemed to be floating.

Four days later, the pain and cramps were still growing worse.

He had never held off going for so long before, and the pain his gut was growing.

From what I was told, the pain would grow as time passed.

But the pain never went away or grew less; it was there all the time.