Thank you all so much for the info and suggestions!! Sadly he gets this about once a year and knew exactly what it was. There was peroxide at the villa and I have a bobby pin with me for some odd reason. I know you aren't supposed to use anything in your ears but it helped grab a few of the chunks. Ewwww. Thankfully a few of you mentioned cipro and I happen to have some with me bc my son had an ear ache last month and I threw it in just in case. Hadn't thought about that with wax but it seemed to melt the wax. With the hospital being so craxy expensive he's just using the drops and will go to our ent when we get home. Thanks again for all the suggestions. The warm coconut oil was a no go. Bet it would work though.