His Favorite Color is Green @ Recommend (106) By Waterloo Works Communications (i Email Article July 01, 2015 & Print article For an 11 year old boy who lives in the middle of town, you might think that having a love for John Deere is a little odd. At just 9 months old, Cooper Meshew received his first John Deere replica tractor from his grandfather and the rest is history. Cooper might look and act like a normal adolescent boy, but ina few years, he will have to rely upon a wheelchair as his only mode of personal mobility. When Cooper was born, the doctors diagnosed him with Charcot-Marie-Tooth, a medical condition that. is characterized by the progressive loss of muscle tissue. Knowing what his outcome will be one day, 99xe" and his new autographed lohn Deere Cooper and his parents decided to take full advantage of him being able to walk this summer and embarked on a three week journey out West. Before making it back to their home in Ohio, Cooper's parents arranged to make a special stop at John Deere's Tractor Cab Assembly Operations to go ona VIP tour. View Image + Along with his grandfather's influence, Cooper also says that a family friend helped make an impact on his love for John Deere. "He lives on a farm and lets me ride in his tractors," said Cooper. He quickly added, "and they are all green!" Cooper's father chimed in to say, "Well most of them are." To which Cooper candidly snapped back, "The ones that work!" Today, Cooper has over 1,000 John Deere replicas. "They are all different sizes and no two are the same," explained Cooper, as he described his floor to ceiling shrine of the green tractors. "| enjoy farming simulation and | even got my friends to like it too." Even though the disease has already started to affect Cooper's muscles, making it hard for him to even smile, Cooper's excitement for John Deere and being at the factory put a smile on everyone's face. His love and passion for the green and yellow tractor is unmatched and as he huddled around his new autographed 8370R replica and other John Deere treasures, you could tell that this stop in Waterloo was one of the best parts of his trip. Before leaving, Cooper was asked what his overall favorite part of his tour was, and in normal 11 year old fashion he replied, “Everything!”