Was it a tick?

I took my cousin who has down-syndrome for a walk today and when we got back, she had this little black bump under her skin. I got suspicious about it being a tick. Her mother took her to the hospital and doctors examined her and said: “it might be an insect, but it not a tick, TAKE HER HOME AND have her take a shower and try to take the insect out yourself!!!!!!!!!” never mind the carelessness of those doctors (with whom I will have a talk tomorrow), we finally were about to take out the insect. It was a light brown, shrimp shaped, insect. The problem is that we missed a little bit of its body and regardless of our effort we couldn’t take it out. Any advice on what it could have been and what we should do? If it the pest had lime disease, would a blood test show it this soon?

Was it a tick?
My son last week had a tick. It kinda looked like a spider. It had a round body with curvy legs. My fiancee pulled the body out but left the head in so he had to take my son (2 years old) to the ER to have them remove the rest. They didn't need to give him antibiotic but to watch it. The tick was black in color. Perhaps you should get a second opinion or just take her to the ER and have a look at it. Only certain ticks carry lime disease and a doctor would be able to tell looking at the tick and if possible doing ticks or antiobiotics. Another friend had a tick and he had to take a pill to prevent lime disease. He had to go to a walk-in clinic so it might have been different in his case. I would go get it checked out as soon as you can from experience.
Reply:A tick, regardless of the species, has a round thorax, with a small head. They range from small ticks the size of a pinhead, to a tick the size of marble if it is engorged in enough blood, lol. But these are most commonly found on dogs or other animals as most humans remove them before they have fed this much. Ticks carrying rocky mountain spotted fever normally have 6-8 light colored dots on their back. Ticks having lyme disease normally have to stay attached for 8 hrs in order to transmit the disease. Symptoms are a low grade fever, generalized weakness, fatigue, and aching like the flu. A blood test will usually tell within 24 hrs. However, the pest you described does not sound like a tick. But I can not recall what it might be off hand. However, I agree the staff at the ER should have removed it themselves.