Hikes, Moose, and Swine Flu

It has been a long week! Josh is a camp counselor at Aspen Ridge Boy Scout Camp this summer. Last week was the first week/staff week. He was supposed to be there until Saturday, but we got a call on Thursday that he was sick and needed to come home. He rested and started to overcome the stomach flu symptoms but then started in with respiratory problems on Saturday. Phil and Jenicca went on a overnight backpack trip up High Creek with the young women on Friday and Saturday. They came home Saturday afternoon. Phil was very sick on Sunday (Father's Day) with aches, fever, cough, sore throat, loss of appetite, etc. I took Josh back to scout camp that night with the rest of the kids to let Phil rest. Josh still had a bad cough and congestion, so he took some medicine with him up to camp.
On the way up the mountain we came around a curve and there was a moose running down the middle of the road. We followed behind it for a long time. It did not want to go off the side, and we did not dare pass it. It was running very fast. The moose finally went off to the left side of the road to go onto an open grassy hill side, but there was a barbed wire fence that it crashed into and was caught on. We pulled over to the right, along with the car behind us, not really knowing what to do. We didn't want the moose to be hurt and stuck on that fence, but we didn't want it to hurt us either. It somehow broke free of the fence and ran up the hill. It was crazy!
I wish we would have kept Josh home instead of taking him back to camp. I did not realize then that on Monday Jarom would get flu symptoms, and I did too. Phil continued to get worse and could not work. We are still sick, and I ended up picking Josh up from camp again last night. It appears we have swine flu. Each of us have lost 5 pounds and poor Jenicca is scared to death she is going to get it. I took the boys to the doctor today. Jarom has an ear infection along with the flu, and Josh will just have to wait it out. Phil's lungs sound bad. They gave him an inhaler, and a chest x-ray order he will use tomorrow if he is not improving. Not a great way to start summer, but hopefully this will be over soon. They say it can last 7-10 days. Our fevers have finally subsided, now we will try to get over the aches and nasty cough. I was able to get some Tamiflu for the girls so they wont get as sick.
Phil is supposed to go to India next month for a couple weeks, so we need to get him well before then.

Orlando

Jenicca and I had fun in Orlando with mom and dad (grandma and grandpa). We went to Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Kennedy Space Center, and drove a short drive to find the Orlando Temple. It was very hot and humid for most of the time, but we were happy to see clouds and feel a strong breeze the last night we were there. We had a great time and wish it didn't have to end so soon. It was nice of mom and dad to let us intrude on their vacation. Dad had an IASA convention earlier in the week. We flew in on Wednesday after the convention was over to play.