Woman Born Without a Brain Turns 20 After Doctors Believed She Wouldn’t Live Past 4 Years Old: ‘She’s a Fighter’
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 parents, Shawn and Lorena Simpson, who spoke with local news outlet KETV News about the milestone. “[Hydranencephaly] means that her brain…