Shark Attack Survivor Briefly Emerges From Coma
- On Tuesday, Leah Stewart, 35, emerged from an induced coma after doctors extubated her following multiple surgeries, including an arm amputation, for injuries sustained in a shark attack at Coogee Beach on June 13.
- Stewart suffered catastrophic injuries while swimming between the flags at Coogee Beach, sustaining bites to her arms and legs that caused extreme blood loss during the June 13 attack.
- An online fundraiser has garnered nearly $500,000 from more than 7000 donors to support her recovery, while brother Joshua Stewart noted the improvement is "a lot faster than anyone expected."
- At least 1000 swimmers gathered at Coogee Beach on Sunday in solidarity, with Randwick Mayor Dylan Parker calling the event "community at its best."
- Stewart faces a long road ahead with further surgeries scheduled through coming weeks, as NSW Premier Chris Minns ruled out culling protected white sharks while authorities consider expanded drone surveillance at beaches.
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Mom, who lost arm in horrific great white shark attack, wakes up from medically induced coma to say these three words
Leah Stewart, 35, delivered the brief but heartfelt message over a week after she was brutally injured by a shark off the coast of Sydney, Australia’s iconic Coogee Beach, her brother, Joshua Stewart, wrote in an update on Tuesday.
Shark attack survivor wakes from 10-day coma and shares first words with family at her hospital bedside – Democratic Accent
After spending 10 days in an induced coma following a shark attack on a Sydney, Australia beach, a woman uttered her first three words this week. Leah Stewart awoke and told her family, “I love you” on Tuesday while recuperating at a hospital, according to her brother, who wrote the update on a fundraising page. “After a week of life-support and repeat[ed] surgeries, doctors were able to extubate Leah and reduce her level of sedation to bring he…
Shark attack survivor wakes from 10-day coma and shares first words with family at her hospital bedside
After spending 10 days in an induced coma following a shark attack on a Sydney, Australia beach, a woman uttered her first three words this week.Leah Stewart awoke and told her family, "I love you" on Tuesday while recuperating at a hospital, according to her brother, who wrote the update on a fundraising page."After a week of life-support and repeat[ed] surgeries, doctors were able to extubate Leah and reduce her level of sedation to bring her …
A Sydney woman has recovered after doctors administered medication that kept her in a temporary coma for weeks following a severe shark attack that required multiple surgeries, including the amputation of one arm.
Australian Leah Stewart, who was attacked by a great white shark off a Sydney beach on June 13, briefly woke up from a coma on Tuesday after 10 days. According to her brother Josh, the 34-year-old teacher first told her mother and partner that she loved them and then asked if her one-year-old daughter was okay.
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