My ears are stuffy, help?

Hi Tuesday i went on two flights. One was about an hour long and the other was 4 and a half hours. I felt fine after the flight but woke up with a stuffy ear. I went about my day like normal because I ve had stuffy ears in the past. That evening i decided that maybe i should clean out my ears. Im really forgetful about that ans realized it had been a long time since I had cleaned my ear. I used a qtip and very carefully cleaned my problem ear. A ton of earwax came out and my ear felt a tad bit better. I decided that since that ear had been so gross i should clean the other one too. I hit a glob of earwax ans that ear became stuffy as well. Ive done that before and it usually clears up. This morning i woke up and both my ears were still stuffy. We bought an ear cleaner and followed the instructions. Im a bit of a chicken so my mom did the stuff for me. It helped until she put the water in my ear to flush the ear drops out. She says the water came back out but they felt stuffy again. Im really panicking about it because I fly back home Tuesday and am scared to fly with stuffed ears. They only hurt a tiny bit at night but at night is when i worry the most so im not sure if im imagining the pain. I do sleep on mt stomach and so my head, lays to the side when I sleep. Idk if that has anything to do with it or not. Sorry if there is typos i typed this on my phone.