Confused

My husband had a camera into his stomach today, the specialist took a few samples for biopsy. The doctor from hospital phoned me and said he needed to speak with my husband and I together, when I arrived at the hospital the specialist had already spoken with my husband and son, he did not wait for me to be present, doc. Explained to them both that he has found a large stomach ulcer and the outcome was not looking good not good at all! So what does this mean