Jols, as you know Izzy has to have her ventolin for coughs as well (RhiChiChi - coughing in kids can be symptomatic of asthmatic tendencies in kids. DD has a ventolin because she gets horrible coughing fits at night in particular when sick - she doesn't have asthma per se but she gets wheezy and needs the ventolin to stop the fits) and her coughs tend to last for 3 weeks when she gets a cold. I would think that if there is no fever, no green snot and no green mucous being coughed up that she isn't contagious darl. Hope she is better soon