@caliashove

[cagoldi]

I would expect some blood with the pus if it ruptured, that's what happened when my sister and I each had one.

Glad it doesn't seem to be bothering her. Hope everything is okay.

[ggandlee]

Is it foul smelling? It sounds like a ruptured eardrum. You can definitely wait till tomorrow to take her in to her pediatrician. If she had been having any pain, it probably feels better now that the pressure is relieved.

[88sharonlee]

Hope Maggie feels better soon, keep us posted.

[klongoria11]

@sing2phins sorry for the cruddy ear situation. Hopefully they clear up soon so she can get those tubes. Poor girl.

[cagoldi]

Poor baby. I hope she can get the tubes in soon, they've been so amazing. Will they not operate because they think it could be perforated? A had fluid on his ears but they still did the surgery and said even if he had an infection they could still move forward. The ENT basically said if all the kids that are having trouble had to wait until they had no active infection or fluid, no one would ever get tubes.

[cgmb]

Jan 30, 2015 9:27:33 GMT -5 @sing2phins said:

Thanks, everyone. DH just finished at the pedi. She couldn't see Maggie's eardrum through all the crap, so she couldn't say if it's perforated or not. It might be, so she didn't want to go trying to clean it out just in case. The other eardrum is bulging. So we've got drops for the puss-filled one, plus antibiotics for the EI. No swimming lesson tomorrow and cotton ball in the ear for bathtime.

She's in line for tubes, but we have to get her healthy first. That could be a while.

Most of the kids I know have gotten tubes when there was an infection and/or fluid in the ear. I would push a little harder or talk to the ENT directly if I were (not that I'm questioning your DH).

Hopefully they can get her in soon. I feel like tubes are making a huge difference in my little guy.

[calishove]

I'm sorry I'm late on this one @sing2phins I'm sorry about Maggie's ears. If there is crap coming out of the ear, it's probably perforated. Victor's ear with the perforation would leak crap while he slept and it would crust all over the outside of his ear and neck tympanic membranes heal on their own fairly quickly though, sometimes in less than two weeks! It is typically not painful after it ruputres although it is excruciating up until that point. How was she acting leading up to when you noticed the drainage?

It was hard going through the surgery for tubes (I definitely cried while he was going under the anesthesia) but it has been so worth it. Victor finally walks well and already speaks more clearly.