Doctors never expected Alex Simpson to survive long after birth. Diagnosed with hydranencephaly — a rare condition in which ...

When Alex Simpson came into the world, doctors didn’t believe she would live more than a few years. Born with hydranencephaly ...

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 ...

A YOUNG woman born without a brain has just celebrated her 20th birthday, marking a milestone doctors said could never happen. Alex Simpson of Omaha, Nebraska, was born with a rare and devastating ...

A woman born without a brain has just marked her 20th birthday after doctors told her she wouldn't live past four.

Nobody expected Alex Simpson to live past her fourth or fifth birthday. But against all odds, the young Nebraska woman who was born without most of her brain celebrated her 20th birthday in the ...

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 ...