Bushfire survivor Turia Pitt has marked another milestone in her recovery , with surgeons constructing her a new nose . But it was not without a harrowing health scare - Ms Pitt stopped breathing on the operating table . 'We thought she was gone , ' her mother Celestine told the latest issue of the Melbourne Ironman magazine . Ms Pitt had to be placed on an incubator in order to survive the operation and did not expect to wake up in ICU . But Ms Pitt is now proudly showing off her new facial feature , telling the magazine : ' I ca n't believe I did n't have a nose for so long '
Bushfire survivor Turia Pitt has marked another milestone in her recovery , with surgeons constructing her a new nose . But it was not without a harrowing health scare - Ms Pitt stopped breathing on the operating table . 'We thought she was gone , ' her mother Celestine told the latest issue of Woman 's Day magazine . Ms Pitt had to be placed on an incubator in order to survive the operation and did not expect to wake up in ICU . But Ms Pitt is now proudly showing off her new facial feature , telling the magazine : ' I ca n't believe I did n't have a nose for so long '