Going down the ear infection trail again

I have just come back from the dr's and Josh is now going down the ear infection trail i'm so not happy. But at least I know why he was crying this morning.

Hugs Becks, I know how much you were hoping Josh would avoid the ear problems
I have a question I've been meaning to ask tho, when they put grommets in, they make a hole in the ear drum right? And Mercedes has had two ear infections now and both times the drum has burst to let the gunk out. Does this mean she's less likely to need grommets coz her body gets rid of the gunk on it's own, or is bursting not a good thing, and the grommets stop it from happening?
I'm not even sure if that makes sense, I know what I'm *trying* to say lol, but can't make it come out right.
We had ongoing dramas with my SD's ears, but coz I didn't know her when she was a baby, I don't know how her problems started out.

Yep Emma what queenbean said. It taken the dr all of about 15 minutes (well thats how long it took for Andrew's) to get them both in, so he wasn't under the general for very long.

I would be asking to see an ENT for Mercede's ears to look at getting them put in, a burst eardrum really hurts (I can remember the pain from a few years ago) and the grommets will help a lot.

It wouldn't hurt seeing one. The fact that you have health insurance means that you can opt to see one privately which means that then you get to see someone trained in the field and can give you the facts straight away about her ears and you would see them sooner rather than later.