A Sydney mother mauled by a suspected white shark at Coogee Beach has spoken her first words after briefly waking from an induced coma.

Sunday’s fundraiser for Leah Stewart helped ease the psychological tussle between the lure of the ocean and a fear of its most dangerous predators.

Leah Stewart remains in a critical but stable condition at St Vincent’s Hospital.

Leah Stewart, 35, was mauled by a great white shark while swimming at Coogee Beach, in Sydney's eastern suburbs, on June 13.

Leah Stewart has taken some positive first steps on a long-road to recovery. Meanwhile, another shark survivor has re-entered the water.

A Sydney mother mauled by a suspected white shark at Coogee Beach has spoken her first words after briefly waking from an induced coma.

‘I love you,’ Leah Stewart told her mother and partner after being extubated on Tuesday

Leah Stewart, 35, underwent five days of surgeries and remains in intensive care, her family has confirmed in the latest update after she was mauled on earlier this month

The beloved mum has been woken from a coma after the Sydney attack.

The survivor of a horrific shark attack in Coogee has woken from a coma after spending nearly two weeks in intensive care.

Leah Stewart’s brother says ‘this feels like a miracle’

A 34-year-old woman has woken from a pharmacological coma more than a week after she was attacked by a shark while swimming near the shore of a well-known Sydney beach. The family…

Leah Stewart’s family also revealed she remembers the Coogee attack in detail and will share her story in time.

Australian woman Leah Stewart no longer in critical condition but doesn’t yet have use of her hand

Ms Stewart, 34, had been in a coma and fighting for life in the ICU following the June 13 attack by a great white shark at Sydney's Coogee Beach.

A Sydney woman who has been in a critical condition in hospital for 12 days after being mauled by a shark has woken from an induced coma and reunited with her young daughter.

Leah Stewart is no longer in a critical condition after being mauled by a shark at Coogee Beach earlier this month.