My son had grommets put in back in March. No problems healing and all was well. I noticed a couple of weeks ago that he had some sticky looking clearish discharge from one ear but wasn’t worried and assumed the grommet was just doing its job and allowing the fluid to drain out. He’d had a bit of a cold around that time.
Yesterday I noticed he was a bit smelly but put it down to him running around in the heat and needing a bath. This afternoon I’ve realised it’s his ear that absolutely stinks. He doesn’t have a temperature, the ear looks normal, and there is no more discharge. But it smells like something has crawled inside and died. You get a whiff just sitting within a few metres of him. When I sniffed his ear I actually thought I might be sick (and I work in healthcare, I can cope with smells!)
Has anyone’s child had grommets and noticed a smell when they fall out maybe? If he had any other symptoms of infection we’d obviously be at out of hours already but it’s literally just the smell.