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Recently she has had ear infection in her left ear for over a month. She has had ear drops, that didn't work so on to antibiotics, that didn't work, so antibiotics and ear drops at same time. She still has ear infection. I have no idea what to do next. It seems like I am taking her to the dr every week and yet she is still in pain. You can always tell when she has ear infection because her behavior is very different (or I should say I can tell when she doesn't have it because a majority of the time she seems to have ear infection or strep.)
The discharge coming out of her ears is white and thick this time, with no noticible smell. Typically when she gets ear infection it is more liquidy, yellow/greenish and smells bad but not this time.
What should I do for her? Who do I take her to for advice?View Thread

She is not exposed or never has been exposed to second hand smoke. No one in our family smokes. However, I do have step children whose mother smokes. When they come home they do smell of smoke until they take a shower and thier coats do have the smell. Could that have an effect?
She has not been tested for allergies.
She has had one strep test that came back positive. I was surprised because I didnt' think she could get it with her tonsils out. I didn't argue though.
I will set up another appointment with her ENT and check into getting more drops.
Thanks,View Thread
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