It's been hard to keep this a secret. He just wanted to make sure it was either really bad news or really good news before putting it out. We're thankful it's really glad news.

But they never got that far with the gall bladder. They found the tumor when they did a CT scan. That's when they found his gallstones, but they also found this cancer.

He said, 'Man, my stomach hurts,' and that was the end of it. He got pasty looking. I was afraid it was his heart, and I told him we were going to the hospital.