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>> maxi was given a 60-year sentence for murder but after meeting him, we realized he wasn't going to serve much more than the ten years he already had. he wasn't getting paroled. but his time was almost up. >> i got psoriasis of the liver and stomach hernia and they 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 inmates. >> him being around u...

Man, that made me feel good. that's the type of relationship we got. >> from what monigan told us, maxi had become very disoriented. he said usually when this would happen to him, that meant one thing, he was 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. it's the floor. this a...

Regarding his do not resuscitate request was influenced by his best friend and caregiver, joseph monigan. >> told him i'm not going to take care of him if they're not going to resuscitate him. they had to sign legal documents, for me to take care of him, he has to take care of himself, too. because i care about him. he'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 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 is unlikely. >> it's a...

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 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...

Over to the infirmary for a shot to relieve the pain. >> he would push him and inmates would joke with him because he 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. >> m.c. big balls. >> 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. t...