14-03-2019 12:16 via 10tv.com

8-year-old dancer refuses to give up after losing her leg

Northfield, Ohio — Eight-year-old Tessa Puma loves dancing so much she even does it in her dreams. She was winning competitions at 5 years old, but when she was 6, her dreams were almost cut short.Her parents thought she had the flu. It was actually a potentially fatal infection."Within 15 hours it spread up her whole left side of her body," said Matt Puma, her father.Tessa's left leg had to be amputated above the knee, and her parents said they were told she only had a 20 percent chance o
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