He sat with his head held down in his hands. Waiting was the hardest since he knew the out come may be fatel for his career.

He had sustained an injury during practice and he watched all his hard work for the past 14 years go down the drain.

He thought about where his life would end up if he could not play ball any more. His mother who has always been surpportive of him no matter what watched the clock as the last seconds before the doctor came in approach the hour.

His father who was an athlete him self, feared the worse and hope that all was well.

Meril stood up with his arm in a cast and looked out of the window facing the back side of the waiting room of the hospital.

He saw a bird pecking the ground and working hard to find food.

He thought of him self and the struggle of making somthing out of his life if he could not play baseball anymore.

With tears streaming down his face, his mom held him.

The doctor walked in and his father was the first to stand up.

Meril the exam showed