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>> 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 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 tha...

Him in front of the ladies because the nurses is around so, you know -- >> straight up. >> you know, any time somebody can laugh in that much pain, man, that make me feel good. thats the type of relationship we got. >> from what he told us maxi became disoriented. he said usually that meant one

The time was maxi was not going to be coming back from the hospital. >> i aint got nobody to laugh and joke and kick it with right now. because we could be watching tv and wed be interacting. and they dont just be me, it be other people that would be around and it would be people that love him maybe talking to him and be making sure his spirits stay high so that was all. everybody just tried to take care of each other, man, i mean its hard -- >> do you think youll see pizza man again? >> i dont ...

Thats my brother. you dont see the resemblance? >> i think maxi gave monigan a reason to be. a reason to get up every morning and i think that monigan gave maxi a reason to continue living. >> his best hope of survival would be a liver transplant but that was unlikely. >> its a complicated situation. there is some concern about the continuity of a transplant program if people find out, well, youre going to give my liver to a criminal, some people would be upset about that and so theres that legi...

Knew the extent of his swelling in certain areas of his body and they would make up jokes and 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. >> whats going on? >> i going to my shower. whats up. >> coming up -- >> i woke up in the hospital. >> john maxi takes a turn for the worse. >> he was laying right here. death isnt sneaking up on death isn...

>> i was mad at my boss and things went bad and he lost. he said i was -- he said i just -- >> disgruntled. >> oh, boy, exactly. >> maxi was given a 60-year sentence for murder but after meeting him, we realized he wasnt going to serve much more than the ten years he already had. he wasnt getting paroled. but his time was almost up. >> i got psoriasis of the liver and stomach hernia and they cant give me no treatments. >> why? >> thats what the chief doctor said because if they cut me open the c...

Chronic pain, all reminders that his 60-year sentence at indiana state prison is coming to a premature end. >> i fail fell into a light coma friday afternoon. i dont 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 didnt want them to do that. >> you told them do...

Probably most likely going to be in a coma soon. >> he was laying right here like he was in his bunk so i got him up and he lay back in his bunk then he covered up. then he got out of his bunk and went to the restroom, came back and instead of laying back down in his bunk he sat on the floor, from his wheelchair. so when i woke up i see him sitting on the floor and i turn to him. its the floor. he think hes sitting in the wheelchair. then i realized that he done ran out of gas. aint to getting b...

>> i aint got nobody to laugh and joke and kick it with right now. because we could be watching tv and wed be interacting. and they dont just be me, it be other people that would be around and it would be people that love him maybe talking to him and be making sure his spirits stay high so that was all. everybody just tried to take care of each other, man, i mean its hard -- >> do you think youll see pizza man again? >> i dont -- nope, nope. >> we finished our shoot shortly after we did that las...

He has to take care of himself too because i care about him. thats my brother. you dont see the resemblance? >> i think maxi gave monigan a reason to be. a reason to get up every morning and i think that monigan gave maxi a reason to continue living. >> his best hope of survival would be a liver transplant but that was unlikely. >> its a complicated situation. there is some concern about the continuity of a transplant program if people find out, well, youre going to give my liver to a criminal, ...