also try breathing in some steam. Put your face over a bowl of very hot water and drape a towel over your head, breath deeply for about 5 minutes- a bit of vicks vapo rub in the water helps as well. This will oopen your sinuses and allow for drainage. Try putting a bit of heat, heating pad set on low or one of those flax seed things you microwave on a towel on your sore ear when you are lying down- with your sore ear on the up side.

Aren't ear aches miserable? but it all about getting those sinuses to drain and relieve the pressure.