So either Gates shrank...

Her tumor shrank?

Everything wooden swelled and shrank.

It's normal. - Your balls shrank?

Everything wooden swelled and shrank.

- The tumor shrank. - Because of a virus.

The tumors you had all shrank.

Apnea would've disappeared when she shrank.

My pupils shrank to pinholes and everything came into focus.

But Isabeau sensed his wickedness, and she shrank from him.