ah you poor thing i remember the times well, mine are growing up now and can handle their own colds thankgoodness, my eldest is 24 and then 20 and 16 12 and 10 the eldert are all boys and you still know when they have colds but my daughter aged 10 just gets on with it bless her she is a severe asthmatic as well but copes much better then the boys anyday, hope you get better soon, have you tried medised for the kids? I swear but it for colds, makes them feel so much better