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Was to see how big his testicles is, how big his stomach is -- yall look how swoll his feet are. >> from my kneecaps twice the size as this. >> whats that swelling from? >> poison because its got to leak down, right, exactly. i take a lot of medications now. >> at one point he revealed the swelling of his ankles and i couldnt comprehend how bad it really was until he showed us and then i really realized what kind of problems this guy really had. >> each day monigan wheels maxi over to the infirm...

Look how swoll his feet are. >> from my kneecaps twice the size as this. >> whats that swelling from? >> poison because its got to leak down, right, exactly. i take a lot of medications now. >> at one point he revealed the swelling of his ankles and i couldnt comprehend how bad it really was until he showed us and then i really realized what kind of problems this guy really had. >> each day monigan wheels maxi over to the infarmry for a shot to relieve the pain. >> he would push him and inmates ...

Walls. its things like -- like yall was to see how big his testicles is, how big his stomach is and how biw -- look how swoll his feet are. >> from my kneecaps twice the size as this. >> whats that swelling from? >> poison because its got to leak down. >> because your liver is not working. >> right, exactly. i take a lot of medications now. >> at one point he revealed the swelling of his ankles and i couldnt comprehend how bad it really was until he showed us and then i really realized what kind...

>> i know that hes 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 dont pee on the walls, its things that -- like yall was to see how big his testicles is, how big his stomach is -- are, how big his stomach is and how big -- if you all look, look how swollen his feet are. >> my kneecap is twice the size as this one. >> whats that swelling from? >> poison bec...

Sure he dont pee on the walls, its things that -- like yall was to see how big his testicles is, how big his stomach is -- >> from my kneecaps twice the size as this one. >> whats that swelling from? >> poison, because it has to leak down. right, exactly. i take a lot of medications now. >> at one point he revealed the swelling of his ankles and i couldnt comprehend how bad it really was until he showed us and then i really realized what kind of problems this guy really had. >> each day monigan ...

If im going to take care of him 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 ...

Thing and that was he was 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...

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 not resuscitate you if yeah, but now i had changed at the hospit...

>> i used to work at a pizza place. thats right. youve the pizza man sort of stuck to me. i got the same tattoo on my chest. >> how did it stick in prison? >> everybody knows me and a lot of people from my town plus it was all over the news, my story, my case, you know. >> the reason john pizzaman maxis face was all over the news was because on halloween night 1996 he murdered his boss inside the pizza parlor where they worked. >> i was mad at my boss and things went bad and he lost. he said i w...

>> why? >> thats what the chief doctor said because if they cut me open the cancer will spread and kill me faster. >> so what does this mean 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 hes dying, he knows that theres not much the medical people can do. >> more than anyone else, joseph monigan formed a special bond with ma...