Thanks for all the positive vibes!
I just saw the surgeon. Everything went great. It was a small open incision, not laparoscopically. But that's OK, it's not much different in the end. The reason it could not be laparoacopic was his girth as he has put on weight in the past few weeks. The entry into his abdomen to get there to "drill down" into the liver was at an angle that just had to be done in open surgery. He did not have to remove the whole lobe because it was far away enough from the blood vessel. He made sure there was clean margins so there's no cancer left. There were some small micro spots that we already knew about on the right side that are likely little cysts but he burned them just to be safe. He will probably be discharged on Saturday assuming all goes well.
The doctor does not think that he can go back to work in a week like he hopes to be able to.