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 ...
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 ...
Nebraska family Shawn and Lorena Simpson spoke to Inside Edition Digital about their child, Alex, who was born with a rare condition where she doesn’t have a brain. Their child wasn’t supposed to live ...