What should I do about my swollen pinky?
Similar symptoms when a friend picked me up and dropped me on my pinky finger in middle school (in an apparent re-dramatization of the penultimate moment of Wrestlemania 3). My finger was broken. Hairline fracture. Had a cast for about 6 weeks. IANAD, obviously, but my guess is that they’re probably to x-ray it if you go in, and x-rays ain’t cheap. But then again, you can’t buy a new pinky.
Thanks for all the informative answers, guys. Looks like I’ll be trying to squeeze in a visit to the student health center tomorrow. I really hope that it isn’t broken and won’t require splints and all that stuff, because I’d really like to grade for my next belt (in jiu jitsu) before the summer. Only because I’ll be leaving the country after that and probably won’t get another chance to do so.
