Sydney woman wakes from induced coma more than a week after shark attack
Leah Stewart was bitten by a shark at Sydney's Coogee Beach about ten days ago A woman who was bitten by a shark more than a week ago while swimming at a popular Sydney beach has woken briefly from an induced coma, her family has said. Leah Stewart was attacked by a shark on Saturday 13 June at Coogee Beach, suffering multiple bites on her arms and legs and extreme blood loss. The 34-year-old mother was taken to hospital in a critical condition and underwent several surgeries including having her arm amputated. On Tuesday, her brother said doctors had reduced Stewart's medication so she could wake up briefly from an induced coma. She said "I love you" to her mum and partner who were both by her bedside and asked if her daughter was ok. "This is a lot faster than anyone expected, and for us this feels like a miracle and is everything so many of us have hoped and prayed for over the past week," Joshua Stewart posted in an online message to his sister's s...

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