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Tessa Update: Surgery update and Tyler’s 10th Birthday

Tessa is all done for tonight. They got a lot of fluid out of her, but left a small tube in her to drain...

Tessa Update: Tessa will be going into the o.r. around 5pm today

Tessa will be going into the o.r. around 5pm to try and get that fluid drained around her lung. She had an ultrasound to...

Tessa Update: “Our little fighter needs to catch a break soon.”

Tessa has had a great couple of days. We have seen huge improvements with her and were finally starting to catch our breath.. until...

Tessa Update: What is necrotizing fasciitis?

Necrotizing fasciitis is an infection caused by bacteria. It can destroy skin, fat, and the tissue covering the muscles within a very short time. The...

Tessa Fundraiser: Never Miss The Chance To Dance!! Come out to Nordonia High School this Sunday!

Hi Everyone! by now I'm sure some of you have heard about 6 year old dancer, Tessa Puma who had to face a leg amputation...

Tessa Update 5-3 “Check out her burn center bow Nurse Adam made for her

Check out her burn center bow Nurse Adam made for her today!! Tessa is doing better and better each day. She still has her...

Tessa Update 5-1 “Can I buy something for Tyler?”

Tessa had a busy day today! She even got in a wheel chair and we got to go down and show her the ball...

Tesse Update: Saturday 4-29

First I want to thank everyone who came out to the race today to support our tiny dancer! We are so lucky and proud...

Tessa 5k Walk/Run (Photo Gallery)

By Julie D'Aloiso The rain held off just long enough to get the walk/run in. The outpouring from the community for Tessa was overwhelming. Tessa's...

Tessa Friday Evening Update

Never in a million years did i see our lives going in this direction. It has been full of mixed emotions. We are mentally...

Tessa Update

Tessa did great in her dressing change bath today!! She has less bandages on too, and the only reason they left her back and...

Tessa Update: Light at the end of the tunnel!!

By Tina Puma Tessa did great in her FINAL o.r. visit!!!! Both her legs (graft and donor spots) are 100% healed!! Her upper body is...

Tessa Update: The everyday struggle

By Tina Puma These past few days have been a range of emotions. The everyday struggle that we have to watch Tessa go through, is...

Tessa Update: 2nd Day of 1st Grade – So this morning went much better than yesterday!!

By Tina Puma, So this morning went much better than yesterday!! Although she did pinch her thumb in her knee joint causing a small blood...

Tessa Update: 1st day of 1st grade

By Tina Puma 1st grade here she comes.... Today was not my ideal 1st day of school. The things we have to think about daily...

Tessa Update – “Tessa got to meet an amazing little girl named Delaney”

Matt Puma, Tessa got to meet an amazing little girl named Delaney who is also an amputee and her mother Gina today! They had so...

Tessa Update

Tessa's new permanent leg came in! She loves it!