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 ...

When Alex Simpson came into the world, doctors didn’t believe she would live more than a few years. Born with hydranencephaly, a rare condition where most of the brain’s hemispheres are missing and ...

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 ...