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A) She is quite well now, except a slight cold.
B) She is quite well now, except having a slight cold.
C) She is quite well now, except for a slight cold.
Among the 3 sentence given above B sounds the best in conveying the meaning but is it grammatically correct/incorrect to use sentence A ? What about sentence C ? It too sounds better than A in conveying the meaning but not as good as option B but again is it correct / incorrect ?
All of your sentences are understandable.
The pattern you are struggling with is
except for
C sounds the best, and A and B would sounds better as
A: She is quite well now, except for a slight cold.
B: She is quite well now, except for having a slight cold.
and B would usually be inverted
Except for having a slight cold, she is quite well now.
