Pierced my own cartilage. Desperatly need advice from someone with experience?

I need advice from someone who knows what they're talking about. I know better than to get my cartilage pierced with a gun, so I came up with the impulsive idea to do it with a needle. Yes I know it probably wasn't a good one but what's done is done. I ran the needle through a flame and then wiped it down with claires antiseptic. I numbed it and everything and pierced it. I realized I wasn't 100% sure the earring was sterling silver so I went to claires and bought a pair. I quickly took the earring out and tried sticking the new one in but those dumb claires earrings are wider than normal ones. By then my ear was closing up and I frantically took out the needle and wiped it with antiseptic and repierced it. This was yesterday. Since then, my ear has been thobbing with pain. I've been cleaning it and all, it's not red or anything just slightly swolen. It just hurts SO BAD. is this normal for it to be so painful? Is this infected? Will it heal okay? Please help :(