WARNING, THIS IS GROSS!

So I thought I'd bring you up to date on my finger. Not that you're dying to know, and Minnow, maybe you shouldn't read this - it gets gross.
So after I wrote that last blog, my finger kept getting worse and worse. It would just throb and I could tell it was infected. It was so swollen, it looked like Aunt Marge's finger when she holds her finger up and it starts to swell when Harry unknowingly jinxes her in HP 3 - Prisoner of Azkaban. My finger hurt so bad I couldn't even sleep at night. So a couple of days ago, I woke up and decided it was time to get the needle. You can't heat a needle that hot with a match or a candle, you need a gas flame or the needle will get sooty and turn black. Since I didn't have a gas flame, I had to use my stovetop. I have a ceramic stovetop (which I hate, just FYI). I got my needlenose pliers and held that needle on that stovetop for a long time. Then I pressed it onto my finger where the most swollen part was. I didn't even have to press that hard - because it was so hot, it just went gently in and didn't even hurt. But then, oh my gosh! Blood and pus started oozing out like crazy! (I told you this was gross) I kept pressing gently as much as I could. Once I did that, then it turned black like a blood blister. I think it was so swollen it couldn't bleed before. Then I put hydrogen peroxide and neosporin on it and a bandaid. I kept doing this twice a day. It is so much better now and the swelling has gone down. Before I did all that, I googled "smashed finger" and got this website that a doctor writes, that told exactly how to do it. He recommended using a paper clip, and the second time I did use a paperclip, because if you use a needle, it's too small, unless you use one of those big yarn needles. You need a big needle because the blood and pus are thick and if the needle is too small, it kind of seals itself back up. If you use a big needle or paper clip, the hole is bigger and it won't reseal itself. I only poked a hole twice, once the first day, and then the second day with the paperclip. Anyway, if you ever smash your finger, and it keeps hurting more and more each day, or if the nail turns black immediately, do this. If the nail is black, you put the needle or paper clip right on the nail and it will do the same thing. I'm not kidding, your finger feels a whole lot better immediately.