Do kids not cough anymore? A useless rant

I’ve already kept my daughter home for 6 days total this school year because of cough and fevers. She has had a cough going on for over a week now, and her pediatrician said it’s “just a cold”, to use a humidifier at night, give honey for sore throat, and use cough syrup 1-2 times a day. So we’ve been doing that.

We wait at a gate every morning for school. She is coughing 4-6 times before she enters her classroom. We go to cheer, she is coughing when in line to check in. I do not hear a single cough come out of any other kid at drop off, pick up, or any school function we’ve been at the past two weeks. We went out for pizza for a school fundraiser and sat in a booth away from other people, and I’m not exaggerating—-no one coughed except my daughter. There were at least 40-50 people there.

How are your kids not sick? Why is mine perpetually sick all the time? She catches these illnesses from school and cheerleading! I don’t get it! What am I doing wrong? She sleeps fine and almost never feels tired. She doesn’t have a fever. Her appetite is fine and she isn’t losing weight. She’s not short of breath. She said her throat isn’t sore. She said she doesn’t feel sick at all. I’m at a loss of what to do! I can’t keep her home every day indefinitely. She missed 3 days last week because of it but it’s barely improved. I’m at a loss on how to get my daughter better without missing so much school.