article_snippet: But her family were on edge throughout the entire procedure, with Turia Pitt telling Woman's Day Turia Pitt stopped breathing during the operation.
article_snippet: Turia Pitt mother, Celestine Vaite, said Turia Pitt and Turia's partner Michael Hoskin heard the hospital's cardiac arrest alarm go off 'and
article_snippet: Her mother, Celestine Vaite thought Turia Pitt was gone'. '
article_snippet: But Turia Pitt was not expecting complications in this latest procedure. 
article_snippet: Turia Pitt told the magazine: 'I thought I'd wake up in the burns unit, but instead I woke up in ICU.'
highlights_snippet: Turia Pitt stopped breathing on the operating table .
  
highlights_snippet: 'We thought Turia Pitt was gone,' Turia Pitt mother Celestine told the latest issue of Woman's Day magazine .
  
highlights_snippet: Turia Pitt had to be placed on an incubator in order to survive the operation and did not expect to wake up in ICU .
  