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

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.




AKRON, Ohio - A Nordonia kindergartner lost one of her legs in a rare case where strep throat and the flu manifested into a terrible infection. Her father, Matt Puma, said Tessa was diagnosed with strep throat in March even though she didn't seem to have the symptoms. Doctors told the family that the strep traveled through the girl's bloodstream to her leg and caused a serious infection. Tessa Puma, 6, of Northfield, is being treated at Akron Children's Hospital following surgery that amputated her left leg from the knee down. A few weeks later, the girl who is very active in dance and gymnastics, developed the flu and complained about pain in her arm and leg.


Matt Puma smiles talking about the the dancing prowess of his six-year-old daughter, Tessa, who lost her leg over the weekend to an infection she developed after having strep and then the flu. He was photographed on Monday, April 3, 2017, at Akron Children's Hospital in Akron, Ohio. (Michael Chritton/Akron Beacon Journal)


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