NWR: Maybe surgery?

My son has been complaining of his ear. He says it itches I thought he was just waxy since he recently got over an ear infection. Well I was sitting with him today and he goes look mom theres blood on my fingers and I look and he had a little bit of blood on his fingers I go what happened and he said he bit his finger I thought maybe he bit his nail or something. So I put a bandaid on it. A few mintues later I see him itch his ear and pull his finger out with blood on it. He has scratched his ear before but when I went to clean out the blood there was A LOT so I freaked and rushed him to the doctor. He keeps getting ear infections Like alllllll the time he has several a year and I feel like every other month or more he has an infection. I have to take him to an ear specialist to see if he needs tubes which the doctor thinks he most likely will. I know its not a major surgey but he will still need to go under anasethia and that scares me plus I don't want him to be in pain My poor little guy.