I'm Pretty Certain Its My Uvula But Since Eating Some

I'm pretty certain its my uvula but since eating some rather hard fried chicken earlier today, I think I swallowed a hard piece and it may have scratched against my uvula as I've been feeling a sharp pain in the back of my throat when just drinking water, its also somewhat dry in that area but likely due to me not drinking much in the past 3 hours. My uvula also looked droopy when I went to look at it, almost like liquid. Is this a serious problem or will gargling some warm salt water and rest fix this? It is also the middle of the night so not every option is open to me, what should I do