A Nebraska woman born without a brain just celebrated her 20th birthday — and is defying the odds. Alex Simpson of Omaha was born with a rare condition known as hydranencephaly, according to her ...
Doctors never expected Alex Simpson to survive long after birth. Diagnosed with hydranencephaly — a rare condition in which most of the brain’s hemispheres are missing and replaced with fluid — she ...
Born without a brain, Alex Simpson of Nebraska defied all odds by celebrating her 20th birthday recently; doctors said she wouldn’t live past age four. Alex’s remarkable milestone made the news ...
Doctors told her parents she wasn't expected to survive past age 4, but a Nebraska woman born without cerebral hemispheres celebrated her 20th birthday last week. Alex Simpson was diagnosed with ...