71.   Hal Higgins became sicker even as doctors tried to figure out what was wrong with him.

72.   He died while doctors tried to infuse air into the left side of the brain, which had atrophied.

73.   He endured years of pain while doctors tried to save, then ultimately removed, his shattered left foot and ankle.

74.   He had a broken arm and two broken legs, Etheridge said, and doctors were trying to save his left foot.

75.   He also said he was eager to pitch even as doctors were trying to evaluate his condition and the proper treatment.

76.   He steels himself for the next surgery and the next and the next, as doctors try to reconstruct some semblance of who he was.

77.   Hein said doctors were trying to identify the unknown disease but said that he could not verify that it was bubonic plague.

78.   His doctor tried a series of medications, two surgeries, epidural shots.

79.   Hein said doctors were trying to identify the disease and that he could not verify that it was bubonic plague.

80.   His condition is stable but doctors are still trying to determine the cause of the bleeding in his brain.