Please pray for Harland & Carolyn's grandchild

We received this note from Carolyn and Harland Hoffland tonight:

This note is from our daughter, Sara, regarding our grandson Nolan, age 9. Please say a prayer for him and for our family.

Thank you.

Carolyn & Harland

Their daughter, Sara, writes: Yesterday we went in for Nolan's routine eye check up with Dr. Chiu. We didn't leave with such good news.
In the exam, Dr. Chiu found two spots on his right eye, which has been his good eye for almost two years. The spots were not his disease of Pars Planitis. The doctor believes they could be lesions, but they are formed differently than a typical lesion. It could also be retinal blastoma(cancer of the eye) or Leukemia.
This is complex, and I don't expect all of you to understand everything. We have been instructed to have lab tests done to check Nolan for cancer. We are in deep and dark despair. We do know this is preliminary, but Dr. Chiu is not one to get us worked up needlessly. The pain is so deep. This is a parent's worst fear. We have been up all night, tossing and turning, and we hope and pray that peace will overcome us, yet we also know there is a grieving process.
We are reaching out to all of you. Please pray for Nolan and our family during this time.
We have not mentioned any of the cancer words to him. That is a big scarey word and until we do the lab work and get the results back, we will keep that word quiet. We definitely don't want to scare him, he already knows something isn't right.
We hopefully will get the lab work done today. I am not too sure what all the lab work entails, but we will know more later. I am sorry for not calling, but right now I have no energy to talk, and I thank those of you who did call who remembered Nolan in prayer and his appointment yesterday.
I can't even begin to tell you how painful this is.
Sara

(Trailboss says: Please send your thoughts and support to Carolyn and Harland at HCHoffland@aol.com)