Two months after being critically injured in a shark attack at Australia’s Coogee Beach, Leah Stewart spoke out about the harrowing ordeal.

In a preview of Stewart’s interview with Nine Network’s 60 Minutes, Stewart told the network that she came face-to-face with the animal.

“Its face was horrific,” she said. “I will never forget its face. It was a monster.”

Thinking of her 18-month-old daughter, August, helped her survive, Stewart shared.

“It was holding on to my leg, and then I just thought of August, and I thought, ‘She’s not going to have a mum,’ ” Stewart said through tears. “‘She’s going to grow up without a mum.’ I couldn’t handle that, I didn’t want her not to have a mum.”

All she could think about was fighting it in order to stay alive.

Stewart sustained “severe and life-threatening injuries” when a shark attacked her during a morning swim close to the shore on June 13, St. Vincent’s Hospital Sydney said in a news release previously obtained by PEOPLE.

The 34-year-old teacher and mother underwent “multiple surgeries,” including an arm amputation, PEOPLE previously reported.

Stewart also gave an update on how she’s doing in a GoFundMe that was made on her behalf during her recovery journey, which included being in a medically induced coma.

In addition to noting that donations would be turned off on the GoFundMe, Stewart said that she and her family have been actively focusing on “healing” and getting back to a “normal life.”

“I still have a long way to go, but my recovery has been remarkable, and a huge part of that is because of the absolute army of love, support, prayers and encouragement surrounding my family and I from all over the world,” she said. “That means more to me than I can say, and I truly believe it’s played a huge role in my recovery.”