Bit of background...
In March DD (5) hit my chin from beneath with force when messing about. It hurt but didn't think too much of it until a few days later when my back lower teeth started to hurt and my face started to swell(left side only). Following a trip to the dentist and a head x-ray, they noticed a fracture in one of the molars and a small fracture in the socket. Dentist thought I may be grounding my back teeth too, so she filed them down to stop the smashing. She advised the swelling was probably bruising and should subside, worst case scenario ligament pain.
In June I had my routine dental appointment with my normal dentist. He said the filling in the fractured tooth would need replacing. I told him that since the 'bang' I had a feeling of pressure in my ear and my jaw would randomly be painful with swelling. He knew that I suffered from Hayfever and as it was a bad hayfever season just put it down to that.
Fastforward to September, I finally pluck up the courage to have the filling repaired. I pointed out to the dentist that my face was still swelling with pain, and that not only was the pressure in my ear still present, but my hearing was reduced. She advised I saw the doctors now as it was certainly not linked to hayfever, and that my bite had changed. Saw the DR who noted that there was no infection, ear was clear, but my face has thickness on the left around the cheek, jaw and eye socket. He suspected that in the impact my DD may have knocked the Eustachian tube and it was blocked, he prescribed antihistamines and beconase. 3 weeks later there was no change and the problem was getting worse. He has now referred me to ENT, my appointment is 6th November.
The problem is I am due to fly to Spain in just under 2 weeks to take DD to see her grandparents. At the first DR appointment I asked if I would be alright to fly and he said yes, as I had flown in may and had no problems. At the second appointment I asked again if I would be ok flying, this time he was unsure and said he couldn't say either way, that I had a difficult decision to make. When I asked why, he was non-committal other than saying that the problem is much worse than in may and as I cant equalize my ears it could be more problematic.
Would you risk it? I could send DD as an unaccompanied minor on the flight but her grandparents aren't sure they could cope without my input, so that doesn't seem an option. On a day to day basis my face goes up and down with swelling, the only feeling that remains constant is the blocked feeling in my ear.
WWYD?
Thanks in advance, and sorry for such a long post