Arizona

Supposedly anyone who has lived in the AZ desert for very long has had it whether they had symptoms or not. I knew a woman who had to have part of a lung removed because of it. It can be absolutely horrific for dogs too. It can even result in leg amputations in dogs. Nearly all my neighbors' dogs have had or still do have it. Well I guess technically once you have it you always have it to some degree even if you don't have symptoms.

A few years ago I joined the Facebook Valley Fever Support Group just in case someone I know or I wind up with it. It's tough reading what people are going through with this disease. Most of the country is totally unaware it even exists yet we live with the possibility of getting it every day.