The Aporia · Shark attack survivor shares sad health news three months after the horrific attack as skin graft fails

Sarah Brookes

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Shark attack survivor Leah Stewart has suffered a major setback, with doctors confirming a skin graft on her badly injured leg has failed, three months after the terrifying attack. Ms Stewart, 35, narrowly escaped a great white shark while swimming between the flags at Sydney's Coogee Beach on June 13 and underwent several surgeries in hospital, including the amputation of her left arm below the elbow. asserted

Stewart → see → elbow

In a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday, Ms Stewart said she was feeling 'pretty devastated' after having her skin graft checked on Monday. asserted

graft → post → Monday

She has previously described the severity of the injury, saying her leg looked like a surfboard with a shark bite taken out of it. asserted

leg → describe → it

'It was confirmed that it failed,' she said. ' asserted

she → confirm → ?

So yeah, feeling pretty devastated, had quite a few tears and now we're not really sure where to go from here. asserted

we → feel → tears

Ms Stewart said she was taking a break from the portable vacuum-assisted closure device attached to her leg, a treatment that uses suction to help serious wounds heal, after doctors confirmed the skin graft had failed. asserted

graft → say → suction

Shark attack survivor Leah Stewart has showed the skin graft donor site on her right leg, from where surgeons took skin in an attempt to heal the shark bite wound on her left leg Ms asserted

surgeons → show → leg

Stewart (pictured left) alongside her husband and daughter was swimming between the flags and relatively close to shore when she was attacked by a great white 'I guess the only good thing is we're trying something different,' she said. asserted

she → picture → something

'I'm having a little break from the VAC machine, which means I can move a little bit more freely.' asserted

I → have → machine

Ms Stewart then showed viewers the skin graft donor site on her right leg, from which surgeons took skin in an attempt to heal the shark bite wound on her left leg. asserted

surgeons → show → leg

I guess a lot of you wouldn't know what a skin graft looks like, so I'll actually show you. asserted

I → guess → you

I can show my legs here, I'm a little nervous about this. asserted

I → show → this

'So here is actually where they took the skin from my right leg, and it's still pretty raw, but thankfully it's healing. asserted

it → take → leg

And they put it on my left leg. asserted

they → put → leg

But unfortunately, it didn't take. asserted

it → take → ?

Anyway, we keep moving forward.' asserted

we → keep → ?

Despite the setback, Ms Stewart said doctors were trying a new approach to help the wound heal. asserted

wound → say → approach

The shark that attacked Leah Stewart was captured on drone footage. asserted

that → attack → footage

During an interview on 60 Minutes Ms Stewart described going into survival mode and punching the shark while staring into the predator's 'black little beady eyes' asserted

Stewart → describe → eyes

The teacher and mother of one-year-old daughter August was swimming between the flags and relatively close to shore when she was attacked by a great white shark. asserted

she → swim → shark

She described going into survival mode as she thought about her daughter August, detailed how she decided which arm to use to punch the shark, and recalled staring into the predator's 'black little beady eyes'. Off-duty lifeguard Charlie Verco, 25, was paddleboarding about 100 metres from Ms Stewart when the attack occurred. He immediately paddled towards the shark before helping Ms Stewart out of the water. asserted

He → describe → water

Onshore, lifeguards applied tourniquets and performed emergency first aid before she regained consciousness. asserted

she → apply → consciousness

Ms Stewart was airlifted to hospital and spent 10 days in a coma at St Vincent's Hospital. asserted

Stewart → airlift → Hospital

She said she hopes to eventually return to teaching at Hurstville Adventist School. asserted

she → say → School

Shark attack survivor shares sad health news three months after the horrific attack as skin graft fails

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