be prepared

Percy Morell Fenstrome was a Boy Scout Master of the highest order. Though relegated to the annals of history at an early age due to a malformation of the kidney, Percy commanded Troop 117, Bear Lodge Creek Chapter with a sharp wit and a strong boot. Canvas tents were kept immaculately clean, hatchet blades sharp and felt wool hats were blocked and pumiced nightly.
At 36, a galloping kidney got the best of Percy. A galloping kidney is a malformation of the kidney that is both rare and deadly. The galloping kidney moves about the lower peritoneal cavity with alacrity, engaging other organs in a a game of tag, so to speak. It is a genetic condition. It is not contagious but appears more frequently in native Malaysians and the Ghurkas of Istanbul, Turkey. There is no known cure.
Percy's kidney developed galloping tendencies around age 28 and by his early 30's, it had tagged nearly every other organ in Percy's abdominal cavity. Then, late one fall day in 1936, the kidney made an all out attempt to escape and began migrating upward through Percy's alimentary canal. Percy died three days later.
RIP Percy Morell Fenstrome.