Then unfortunately he becomes ill soon after, his financial situation is in sync with his health and declines with it. Fortunately he has periods of illness so he still had time to write his highly regarded poems. The doctors finally discover that he has tuberculosis and that he is very fond of having contracted it from when he was taking care of his mother. He reaches a point where he can no longer work on his writings. Shortly before, however, the author of Endymion writes, which is "among the most important works" (13) says Everest. Poems like these, in his final chapter of life, were extraordinary because he still managed to produce extraordinary works in such poverty. Keats goes to Rome for one last adventure: the journey lasts 3 months and he lives another 3 before finally dying.