An Aussie mother who spent one month in an induced coma after being smashed off her scooter in a horror hit and run in Bali has woken up.
The 36-year-old has spent weeks heavily sedated on a ventilator in the ICU ward at the Alfred hospital in Melbourne, before finally waking up from her induced coma on Sunday.
Peta Richards, her husband Matt and their boys Sonny, 4, and Alfie, 3, were holidaying in Bali on April 1 when the nurse was thrown from her bike by another rider after she stepped out to buy her three-year-old 'one more birthday present'.
Peta Richards (pictured in hospital) was on a holiday in Bali with her family when she was hit by another motorbike rider while stepping out to buy her three-year-old son 'one more birthday present'
Peta Richards (right), her husband Matt (left) and two young sons had been holidaying in the tropical paradise when tragedy struck
Peta was rushed to a local hospital with severe head injuries, including bleeding on the brain, a fractured skull and extensive brain swelling.
She was in a critical condition in an induced coma after doctors at the International Hospital in Kuta performed life-saving surgery by removing part of her skull to relieve pressure on her brain.
Peta's husband Matt, worked tirelessly to coordinate his wife's transfer to Melbourne hospital and was flown back on a medical evacuation flight 10 days after the accident.
Her close friend Rachel Berben shared the hopeful news to the GoFundMe account set up to help financially support Peta and her family.
'She has been transferred from ICU to a ward. She is currently awake and making small steps day by day,' Ms Berben wrote.
'She will require some further surgeries in the coming weeks.
'From here she will then progress onto intensive neuro rehabilitation to begin her journey forward.'
Ms Peta's required major surgery and had a piece of her skull removed to take pressure off her brain. Surgeons performed the live-saving operation at the
