New mom dismissed her back pain as a pulled muscle... but the real diagnosis was much more sinister

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New mom dismissed her back pain as a pulled muscle... but the real diagnosis was much more sinister

Thursday 29th January 2026, 5:58PM

When her pain persisted, Nikki Bahan Kusters, 32, eventually went to the hospital, and doctors told her that if she had not come when she did, she would have likely been dead within hours.

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