- My dad was diagnosed with liver cancer at the final stage, but I didn’t learn about it firsthand... it was my sister-in-law who told me over the phone. He told her that he didn’t think he’d last for more than 10 days. Even my mom was unaware. I booked a next-day flight back to Vietnam to see him right after I heard the news. When I arrived, he nagged the family why they let me know because he didn’t want me to worry. And it turned out that he was right… he didn’t even make