i fail fell into a light coma friday afternoon. i don t remember, you know, i woke up in the hospital. maxi recovered in the hospital and was sent back to prison. but the latest scare prompted some changes. this is some paperwork i signed for them to take off of dying like to give me cpr if i lose it again because before i told them i didn t want them to do that. you told them do not resuscitate you if yeah, but now i had changed at the hospital, on the street and in there. his change of heart regarding his do not resuscitate was influenced by his best friend and caregiver, joseph. i told him i wasn t going to take care of him if they wasn t going to resuscitate him. he had to sign legal documents if i m going to take care of him
from his head to his feet. by the time we met him, maxi had had a few recent brushes with death. the last time he fell into a coma and was rushed to an outside hospital. we was in church and one of the officers came in and was like, pizzaman died. so, you know, we all mourned and, you know we it was crazy. we like, man, well, comes to find out that there was a god in the hospital with his name that died, not him. so when he came back, he come back strutting and we like, oh, man. you know. i was in better shape. we hugging and everything. i know that he s not the only person in here that needs to be treated medically but i live with him. this is the guy that i got to take in the shower and make sure he gets bathed properly and make sure he don t pee on the walls,
names for him and he had a great attitude about it. he would just laugh right back at them and, you know, act like it was nothing. oh, look at you. making that dude crash for the first time. what s going on? i going to my shower. what s up. coming up i woke up in the hospital. john maxi takes a turn for the worse. he was laying right here. female announcer: get on board for better sleep.
sleep train your ticket to a better night s sleep death isn t sneaking up on john maxi. it warns him every day that it s coming. the swelling, the nausea, the chronic pain, all reminders that his 60-year sentence at indiana state prison is coming to a premature end.
can t give me no treatments. why? that s what the chief doctor said because if they cut me open the cancer will spread and kill me faster. so what does this peen for you? a death sentence. even with death looming over him, maxi found comfort in the support and camaraderie of his fellow inmate. him being around us, i feel like this is what gives him hope. even if he knows he s dying, he knows that there s not much the medical people can do. more than anyone else, joseph monigan formed a special bond with maxi. like maxi he s also serving 60 years for murder and when the prison hired him as his caregiver he discovered it was much more than just a job. when i care about somebody i care about them hard. i really care about him. god answered my prayer and gave me the ability to clean him up