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At them and, you know, act like it was nothing. >> oh, look at you. >> making that dude cry for the first time. >> what's going on, big balls? >> 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. ♪ this summer was definitely worth the wait. ♪ summer's best event from cadillac. let summer try and pass you by. lease this all-new cadillac ats for around $299 per month or purchase for 0% apr for 60 months. come in now for the best offers

>> 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 we was -- you know, it was crazy. we were like, man. well, comes to find out that there was a guy 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. >> you know, we hugging him and everything. i know that he's not the only person in here...

>> 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. >> it's a complicated situation. there is some concern about the continuity of a transplant program if people 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 w...

>> 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 caregive...

>> 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, jose...