Shark attack survivor wakes from 10-day coma and shares first words with family at her hospital bedside

After spending 10 days successful an induced coma pursuing a shark onslaught connected a Sydney, Australia beach, a pistillate uttered her archetypal 3 words this week.

Leah Stewart awoke and told her family, "I emotion you" connected Tuesday portion recuperating astatine a hospital, according to her brother, who wrote the update connected a fundraising page.

"After a week of life-support and repeat[ed] surgeries, doctors were capable to extubate Leah and trim her level of sedation to bring her retired of the induced coma for a abbreviated play of time," Stewart said. "This allowed Leah to stock her archetypal words ‘I emotion you’ with her Mum and spouse Fernando who person been by her broadside successful ICU since the incident."

He added that his sister’s "first thoughts were with her daughter August," asking if she was OK.

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Leah Stewart was asking astir her girl aft she concisely awoke from her induced coma Tuesday. (GoFundMe)

The mid-30s parent and teacher has already been done 5 surgeries, including having an limb amputated.

She had been airlifted to a infirmary successful captious information connected the greeting of June 13 astatine Coogee Beach, a fashionable play destination, aft a shark spot her legs and arms.

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Stewart told her household that she loved them. (GoFundMe)

Stewart was swimming adjacent enactment portion a person watched her girl connected the formation erstwhile the onslaught happened, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

"This is simply a batch faster than anyone expected, and for america this feels similar a occurrence and is everything truthful galore of america person hoped and prayed for implicit the past week," Stewart wrote connected a fundraising page.

Police and exigency unit astatine the country aft a shark onslaught astatine Coogee Beach successful Sydney, Australia, June 13. (Reuters/Hollie Adams)

He added, "Leah has a agelong roadworthy up and inactive remains successful captious care, but this is specified a affirmative archetypal measurement and gives america anticipation for Leah’s semipermanent recovery."

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Stewart’s onslaught came aft 3 men person been killed by sharks successful Australia since May. A 12-year-old lad was besides killed by a shark successful Sydney Harbor successful January.