November 10, 2025
Miracle at 20: Nebraska Woman Born “Without a Brain” Defies All Odds
At age 20, Omaha’s Alex Simpson celebrates a milestone doctors never expected — surviving a condition few live past infancy, thanks to love, faith, and dedicated care. From the moment Alex Simpson entered the world in Omaha, Nebraska, doctors delivered the kind of prognosis no parent wants to hear. Born with an extreme form of a neurologic disorder known as Hydranencephaly, in which much of the brain’s hemispheres are absent and replaced by fluid, Alex’s medical team advised her parents, Shawn Simpson and Lorena Simpson, that their daughter would likely not live past the age of four. Yet on November











