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  "path": "/2026/06/22/childbirth-missouri-mother-paralyzed-childcare-access-helped-her-heal/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-22T10:55:31.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
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    "Health Care",
    "2BHeard",
    "Casey Hanson",
    "Danielle Stewart",
    "Generate Health",
    "Head Start",
    "kids win missouri",
    "Lora Gulley",
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  "textContent": "The birth of Danielle Stewart’s daughter thrust her into advocacy. She tells the story often. “Imagine walking into a hospital to have your first child,” Stewart said. “And leaving on a stretcher alone, paralyzed from your waist down.” Stewart says a failed epidural left her paralyzed from the waist down — a claim at the […]",
  "title": "Childbirth left a Missouri mother paralyzed. Childcare access helped her heal"
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