Facing cancer and mortality, Mike Lovell and Mark Mone strengthen their bond, focus on making a difference

It started with a recurring pain in Mark Mone's side, which at one point was so intense it brought him to tears.

After nearly three days of hoping it would subside, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee chancellor's wife insisted he go to the emergency room. As he lay in a hospital bed, he tapped notes into his iPhone as doctors performed a nine-hour battery of tests.