Today, while Courtney and Geoff were here visiting, we discovered that one of our cats – Chester – was missing. I found him under the bed. I thought he was sleeping, so I left him alone. Ann went in to investigate, because he’s not known to frequent under the bed. Unfortunately, he was dead. He hadn’t been dead long because he was still warm and just beginning to stiffen up. It was very unexpected. He gave no signs of not feeling well or anything. He was on the bed snuggling with us this morning as usual, he ate his morning food as usual, and he was following me around the house as usual. There appears to be no foul play. It seems to be a natural death. Ann says that he was known to have a heart murmer, so he must have had a heart attack or something. At any rate, it was very sad. He will be missed. He was a very good cat.