My ex-host son, Franck, from Togo has had a cough for six months, unknown to me. He rarely calls. His sister called a little worried and then his mom called from Lome'. So, I contacted his doctor and it looks like he has contracted our southwestern disease, known as Valley Fever. Fungus in the lungs. It blows in the wind, in the soil that flies from all of the construction going on. We are growing as a city and the soil is churned constantly now. Valley Fever increases in the human and animal... Sign in to see full entry.