6-year-old dancer loses leg after strep throat spirals into spreading infection quoting : Fox News

Tessa Puma, of Akron, Ohio, was treated for strep throat in early March, but came down with the flu last week, Fox 25 reported. A 6-year-old girl described as a phenom by her dance teacher has already lost one leg to an unusual strep throat infection, and is now in danger of losing the other. "She's only 6-years-old, and we knew when she was probably four, so at least for two years, that we knew she was just such a superstar, she was born to dance," Kopec told Fox 8. On Friday, her left leg began to swell and she was taken to Akron Children's Hospital, where doctors discovered necrotizing fasciitis, Fox 8 reported. UNTREATED STREP INFECTION LEAVES MICHIGAN MOM OF 7 BATTLING FOR LIFEPuma's dance teacher, Stacey Kopec, said she's been teaching the girl for several years and knew early on that she was destined to be a star.




A 6-year-old girl and active competitive dancer has lost part of her leg as the result of a rare infection. It destroyed most of the muscles and tissues in her left leg below her knee, which is why doctors needed to amputate part of it. "These illnesses manifested into a terrible infection that resulted in the loss of her left leg," the family wrote on a fundraising page set up through YouCaring. Tessa's dance instructor Stacy Kopec, Assistant Director of Center Stage Dance studio in Northfield, Ohio, said the 6-year-old's illness has touched every member of the dance community. Earlier this month, Tessa Puma of Northfield, Ohio, came down with a case of strep throat and she later developed the flu.

Young girl loses leg after strep infection

April 5, 2017, 10:13 AM | A community is rallying around a 6-year-old girl in Ohio who lost her leg after a bout of strep throat led to a life-threatening infection. Tessa Puma's dance instructor describes her as a phenom while young dancers from the Center Stage Dance Studio in Northfield sent out well wishes to the girl.


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