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Absolutely! I might even call on-call/after hours to see if they want her to be seen tonight.

And, save the tick. They'll likely want to test that, too.

Save the tick and call the dr!

@MrsTiger: my brother was bit by a tick as a kid & has Lyme disease. I would personally call now for peace of mind. He's healthy but is almost 26 and still sleeps a lot.

@MrsTiger: It's also a good idea to note/circle the area where it was found. That way if the ring-rash that indicates Lyme shows up you are more likely to catch it. Not all ticks are carriers; deer ticks (really, really small: smaller than a pencil eraser) are the usual culprit. It's heavy tick season here and we have tons. We try not to stress too much, but it's good to practice some general tick safety measures. We try to tuck in clothing as much as possible when we are in tick heavy areas, wear hats when practical, use Badger Bug Balm or a Bug Band, and as soon as we come inside our clothes come off and go in the drier on hot for about 10-15 minutes to kill any ticks that might be on/in them and we do a quick visual tick check and then hop in the shower to finish off. We don't do this every time we play outside all spring/summer long, but we definitely do if we know we will be where there are lots of ticks, and in the first part of spring when there are a gazillion all waking up hungry from winter. I'm sure she will be just fine, but it's good to be careful.

@MrsTiger: And no need to get too crazy about it. Most of the stuff (tucking in clothes, wearing a hat) we only do when we are likely to be in an area where we can expect to have 30+ ticks per person on coming inside. Doing a casual check after coming indoors and putting clothes in the dryer to get rid of lurkers if you find any on you is usually a pretty reasonable level of precaution.