Thanks for the replies.

So we saw the surgeon today, he said that the infection had got in around the grommets, and the swab showed that it should have responded to the antibiotics that we were given, but that the bacteria creates a film that makes it very hard to clear up, and the tissue around the grommets was being damaged, which could possibly affect his hearing. So it has to come out, and then they will put a patch over it to try and get the hole to heal. There is a 30% chance that it won't heal, and then he will need further surgery when he is bigger to close the hole. Hoping this won't be necessary. Once it is out, we will have another hearing test in 3 months to see if everything is ok, and if so we can hopefully avoid needing to put them back in, especially as the past 2 years we have basically been ear infection free, which we are hoping is a sign that the ear drums have grown larger and won't get infected so easily. They are also going to take out his adenoids to try and help prevent infections.


He said it is super important they stay as dry as possible for the next week or so, so we have to cancel swimming lessons and holidays are coming up anyway, so when the surgeon said when do you want to do the surgery and I said ASAP, he said how about tomorrow morning - so 6.45am tomorrow we are heading off. Going to be a busy few days I think.