Miles enters the hospital unable to walk due to issues brought on by an ongoing struggle with sickle cell anemia and premature arthritis, conditions which have worsened in recent years, causing much pain, at times a disruption to his performance schedule, and a dependence on various medications (prescribed and otherwise). Sadly, this becomes a general affliction Miles struggles with for the rest of his career—at times rising to meet the challenge with boxing and other physical regimens, and at other times, succumbing to it.