Poor Pointy!

I had a basketball game last week and due to people being out of town or sick, we only had 5 people. That may not sound so bad, but for me to run for 40 minutes is asking a whole lot! Not more than 2 minutes into the game, R threw a hard pass at me and I was an idiot and didn't get one of my fingers out of the way. This was the result:

It hurt soooo bad and I kept opening and closing my fist and my hand was shaking for the remaining 38 minutes of the game. I went home after the game and the pain got worse and Chris wanted me to go to Instacare, but I kinda felt like a wimp and I didn't want to pay the $25 copay for a finger! So, I went to the doctor the next day and it was originally thought that it was broken. However, the x-ray showed no fractures, just a really bad sprain (which apparently can be worse than a break).
This is what my finger/hand looked like after the doctor splinted it:

This is what it looked like after I got home:


I am supposed to wear the ace bandage along with it and it does actually feel better because I don't use my finger as much as I do without it, but sometimes it's a pain!

Oh, and in case you were wondering, those two little scabs on my hand are from the game too, along with another one one my other arm and a dark bruise, also on the other arm. Apparently it was a rougher game than I thought! (Or I am just clumsy!)