Perforated ear drum!

My poor boy has a perforated ear drum!

On Monday night before bed he came to give me a hug and as he did he screamed in pain. He said his ear was hurting. So I gave him some painkillers and tried to settle him.

Not much luck was had and he ended up sleeping on the sofa with me. I am still sleeping downstairs as I can't get comfortable in bed as I am still getting over my pluracy.
Sleep was in bits that night.

The next morning off to the doctors we went. He was crying so much whenever his ear popped. At the doctors we found out he has a perforated ear drum and infections in both of his ears.
When the doctor asked him if his right ear hurt he said no, even though the doctor told me that the infection had been going on for at least a week.  We were given antibiotics and painkillers, then off we went home.

A few hours later there was lots of screaming and blood pouring from his ear. I didn't know what to do so I ended up calling the doctors again. So for the second time in one day back we went. Luckily the bleeding stopped after about an hour.  The doctor had another look in his ear but could not get a very good look at his ear drum as the ear was full on puss and blood.

Now we have to go back in a week to see if the antibiotics have worked and if the doctor can then see the extent of the perforation.  Lets hope that the doctor can see that it is healing up nicely. If not we could be in for surgery to get the hole fixed.