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 early August we finally got our cool down and the weather was fabulous in the lower 80’s and even 70’s some days. Now that we are heading near fall it should be getting cool, but we have been in the 90’s all week. It has been pretty hot, and above the normal.  Jake has been sick since Monday. He is not getting better and last night seemed to be getting worse. He had a fever in the evening and woke up at 3 Am crying that his throat hurt so bad and had 101/102 fever. His tonsils were touching and he could not swallow at all.  This morning we broke it to the boys that they would not be going to the Farm Progress show.  Jake was pretty accepting of the fact because he knew how sick he was. He was so bummed and had been looking forward to it for a month every time we passed by. Luke just didn’t understand why he couldn’t go and cried and cried. Mark and I talked it over and came up with a plan.  In the mean time I took Jake to the doctor and he was tested and positive for Mono. What a bummer! I am sure he picked it up from school, chalk that up as another reason to home school. All the many bugs they bring home including a certain hair bug, ugh! Anyway, the doc gave him a steroid to help with swelling and said to give him a week to 10 days. Poor Jake,  his throat is so bad, but his energy is fine. The doctor gave me the ok to let him go to the Farm Progress show for an hour. From there we grabbed something to eat and met Mark and Luke and surprised them by going. The Agri gold corn dealer reserved a 4 seater golf cart, so we were all set. That was the only way I would allow Jake to be there. It was a hot day up to 100 degrees, but the wind kept it from feeling terrible. The 4 of us just sat on the cart and drove up and down the rows and looked at all the farm machinery. That was all that we needed to make two very happy boys! 

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