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Living donor helps Hecky Powell overcome liver cancer

North Shore barbecue restaurateur Hecky Powell faced a grim prognosis when doctors told him he likely had a year to live after tests revealed liver cancer. Powell beat the odds, thanks to a living donor.

Fighting back: Facing end-stage liver cancer, Hecky Powell makes comeback of his life

“I’ve got two birthdays now,” he said recently. Powell’s liver donor, James Copeland, who was 35 at the time of the procedure, works construction in Burnsville, Minn. A physical fitness enthusiast, Copeland donated a portion of his healthy liver to Powell, who had been diagnosed with end-stage liver cancer. The 11-hour procedure took place at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. “This ...

Fighting back: Facing cancer, Hecky Powell makes a comeback

North Shore barbecue restaurateur Hecky Powell faced a grim prognosis last year, when doctors told him he likely had a year to live, at most, after tests revealed liver cancer. Powell beat the odds, however, thanks to a living donor.

Fighting back: Facing end-stage cancer, Hecky Powell makes a comeback

North Shore barbecue restaurateur Hecky Powell faced a grim prognosis last year, when doctors told him he likely had a year to live, at most, after tests revealed liver cancer. Powell beat the odds, however, thanks to a living donor.