I absolutely hate them. I don't plan to "pass away"---I am going to die. I am sorry if your brother was so stupid he poisoned himself with multiple drugs but I think calling it being sorry for your loss is bland and really says nothing. My dog was about to die and I didn't really understand that she was very close to death. I would have euthanized (another euphemism?) her 5 hours before I finally made the decision if only two different vets told me something more specific than that she was in very serious condition. I finally caught the drift when I was asked if I wanted to make her a DNR. They kept doing tests and giving her blood and meds until I finally told one of them that I am an Aspie and I deal in concrete words. I said I needed a concrete prognosis and they had to tell me the percent of her possible survival if they did surgery. I asked if she had a 10 % chance of survival and the vet swallowed hard and said, "Yeah, about that." If she had told me earlier I could have spared the wonderful little dog FIVE hours of suffering as they prolonged her life and let her suffer. How is it better to be an NT?????