US boy without a brain dies after 3 years

Nickolas Coke, of Colorado, was born with only a brain stem, a condition known as anencephaly (an-en-SEF-uh-lee).u00a0

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The National Center for Biotechnology Information says most babies born with anencephaly live only a few days.u00a0

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The centre says it occurs in 1 out of 10,000 births. Nickolas' grandmother, Sherri Kohut, tells KOAA-TV that she believes Nickolas came down with a virus.u00a0

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She says he had difficulty breathing Wednesday and eventually stopped.u00a0

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She says three attempts to revive him failed. Relatives say Nickolas survived without special medical equipment but required several kinds of medicine.u00a0

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Kohut says Nickolas taught his family how to love and about the strength of family.u00a0

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She recalls him laughing as he played among pumpkins recently.

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