question mark about maxi and his health and then we had arrived one day and there was an ambulance out front and it was actually blocking our entrance into parking, into the parking lot and we found out that maxi was inside the ambulance, so once we got in to see monigan he told us he had had an event during the night and he was being rushed to the hospital. what was the last communication you two had? [ bleep ]. he told me he loved me. what did you say? [ bleep ]. i love him, too. and if he die i m going to [ bleep ] him up. he start laughing and he said, okay. he s telling me i m embarrassing 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. that s the type of relationship we got. from what monigan told us,
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 he has to take care of himself too, because i care about him. this is my brother. you don t 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. maxi s best hope of survival would be a liver transplant, but that was unlikely. it s a complicated situation. there is some concern about the continuity of a transplant program if people, for instance, find out, well, you re going to give my liver to a criminal, some people would be upset about that and so there s that legitimate concern about the appropriateness of that happening in this kind of population. with little hope of a transplant, most of maxi s care was focused on keeping him comfortable and alert. every day i think it was a
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
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 he has to take care of himself too because i care about him. that s my brother. you don t see the resemblance? i think maxi gave monigan a reason to be. a reason to get up every morning
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 he had to sign legal documents if i m going to take care of him