Here's the latest.
According to Catherine, the person who performed the piercing suggested gold jewelry because it was more hypoallergenic (rather than do the responsible/ethical thing and talk Chris out of this insanity

). Catherine has been trying to talk him into removing it, but she's not getting anywhere (at least not yet).
It sounds like she's winding down her involvement with Chris and, like me, has no interest in stringing him along. Still, she doesn't want to see him die of sepsis over his stupidity.