Thank you for the reply Irene. It is all still intact but still bulging out of my ear canal and that does concern me a little as far as infection. The instructions were very clear that there is dissolvable packing and it should not be removed but it also says there is a cotton ball and it should be changed. There was no cotton ball when I took the cup off 48 hours post op just this bulging piece of something. I start ear drops one week post op which I’m sure is to keep that packing moist as it continues to dissolve my post op appointment isn’t for six weeks. I don’t know how I’m even supposed to get ear drops in there with this big bulge outside the ear canal. I’m going to call the office in the morning and hopefully they will get back to me sooner rather than later. It’s got me so anxious. The last thing I want is any kind of infection.