It's gone down a lot now and I'm surprised that the ear flap isn't thicker than normal. Not sure if the tablets started making him a bit sick in the stomach, he brought up his food a few times. It's been just over a week on 2 tablets twice a day and he always have them with his food. Hubby looked them up on the web and it said that they could make him sick long term. Have to reduce them to one twice a day in another week, but I've started that now, now that his ear is a lot better.