Hello, so my girl friend was diagnosed with having swimmers ear last week on wednesday. Since then she has done the following as instructed: 3 drops of Acetic Acid Otic ear drops (every 8 hours for 2 days [FINISHED]), Amoxicillin (3 times a day for 7-10 days [5 days Completed so far]), 2 Ibuprofen (every 8 hours), Nasal Decongestant Spray 2 sprays in each nostril (1 time a day). She told me that the pain has reduced significantly and she feels much more comfortable, but when she told me to check her ear today (the 6th day) I noticed a small it of dried blood that looked like it might have oozed out slightly. I to a light to take a closer look inside the ear, or as much as I could, and it looks like there is a really small clump of old blood that s sitting with the rest of the white ish discharge. Is it normal for there to be a small bit of blood discharge from the ear when you have swimmers ear even if the pain is lessening and NOT getting worse? I would have been a lot more concerned if she was in more pain, but it seems (painwise) she has improved a lot.