My dog died on 4/22. As her organs shut down her appetite went. Her back legs stopped working well and she was in pain. She'd cry, but seemed to calm when someone sat with her. The night she died she went into a seizure. Her eyes got so large that I thought they'd pop out of her head and I tried to call her name and hold her neck, but she couldn't acknowledge me. She died in my arm. I think her heart was still beating a bit after she stopped breathing. I remember being confused if that was genuinely the end or not. Like she'd just wake back up. I don't believe there is anything after life. I believe we need a functioning brain to formulate thoughts and have a consciousness. I struggle to imagine there being some type of consciousness outside the brain.