cotton balls, ear cup and drainage

[Guest guest]

Hey everyone,

Update on Masie... she is doing very well. Doesn't complain much or ever really

want to take

meds. My question is, she hasn't had a lot of drainage from the ear, and while

I am not

complaining, I was just wondering if this was, per se, normal. Also, she

prefers to keep the

cotton ball in her ear and even when I take it out, there is very little " stuff "

on it. And... she

prefers to sleep with the ear cup thingy on. She slept without it on one night,

rolled over on

her ear and cried out in pain. So since then she has slept with it on.

How long should I " let " her keep using the cotton balls and is it okay to keep

using them as

long as they are being changed daily or at least 2x's a day? With there not

being a lot of

drainage, I didn't see a problem with keeping it in there, but I didn't know if

I needed to let

her ear " air out " or not.

Any advice or suggestions from those of you who have been through this longer

than I have

would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Pam