FOX8 : declared in Strep throat takes tragic turn as 6-year-old dancer loses leg to infection

Dancing is her passion and her fellow dancers are showing an outpouring of support for her recovery. In the beginning of March, Tessa was treated for strep throat, then last week she got the flu. Young dancers from the Center Stage Dance Studio in Northfield sent out well-wishes Monday evening to six-year-old Tessa Puma. Chloe says she visited Tessa in the hospital to show her how much she and her fellow dancers care. Please enable Javascript to watch this videoNORTHFIELD, Ohio - Prayers are going out for a six-year-old girl who lost her leg after a bout with strep throat and the flu led to a life-threatening infection.

Kindergartner loses leg after strep throat leads to dangerous infection

An Ohio girl is recovering after a rare complication from strep throat led to a dangerous infection, which required amputation of one leg. Her father, Matt Puma, said doctors believe the dangerous infection was caused by bacteria from her strep throat. In Tessa's case, doctors believe the strep bacteria migrated to her bloodstream, causing the dangerous infection. "They did some more tests and confirmed she had the flu and saw she had some kind of infection," Puma said. Tessa is recovering at Akron Children's Hospital but will need further surgery and additional portions of her left leg removed to help her survive.


Baby Foxx died from Group B Strep (GBS) but it was only detected once he was born and coughed up bloody mucous. 'Rip Baby Foxx. But on March 29, three days after giving birth to her son Foxx John Fitzgerald, he passed away from a rare infection. Nothing else matters'Mikhailla shared a photo of baby Foxx covered in tubes to Instagram to tell her 7,800 followers about the tragic circumstances surrounding her son's death. I had an all natural birth, and gave birth to my son seven hours later on March 26.


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