WKYC : reported that Young dancer loses leg after strep throat

"Even though she's going to have a robotic leg, she's going to rock it," Cherry says with confidence. Only 6-years-old, and if you just say the name Tessa Puma at Center Stage Dance studio in Northview, you get,"Super star. Now sweet talented Tessa Puma will learn to dance again...with her left leg amputated below the knee. It started with a case of strep throat, a round of antibiotics and then the flu. At 5-years-old Tessa was the youngest to make the Center Stage competitive dance team.

6-year-old dancer loses leg to strep throat infection, other leg in danger

A young dancer in northern Ohio is battling an unusual infection after a case of strep throat and flu that caused her to lose her leg, and now doctors are worried she could lose her other leg. Tessa Puma, 6, from suburban Akron, was treated for strep throat in early March, then last week she came down with the flu. The Puma family is asking for prayers and donations on their You Caring site to help with the medical costs. >> Read more trending news"These illnesses manifested into a terrible infection that resulted in the loss of her left leg," the family said on the crowdfunding site You Caring. One of Tessa's dance teachers at Northfield, Ohio, studio told the TV station she's never seen anything like an infection that would cause a child to lose a leg.

6-year-old dancer loses leg to strep throat infection, other leg in danger

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