Comments on: How the Mighty Have Fallen http://www.buggedout.org/2007/11/04/how-the-mighty-have-fallen/ Are You Buggin' Out Yet? Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:12:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Sandra http://www.buggedout.org/2007/11/04/how-the-mighty-have-fallen/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Sandra Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:00:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-the-mighty-have-fallen/#comment-303 I was in denial until today, despite all of the bites I saw on my children and myself. Somehow, the complete lack of bites on my husband was "proof" that we didn't have bedbugs. But today... today we killed a bug. We looked online, compared him to photos and looked at the big squirt of bright red blood on the tissue where he had been killed.<br/><br/>We have bedbugs.<br/><br/>I didn't buy used furniture, I didn't go stay in a hotel, I just had the poor judgement to live in NYC during this epidemic. I'm guessing we just picked them up from the close proximity of the subway or perhaps my dog brought them in on him from a walk. Obviously, we need to get rid of them.<br/><br/>So here I am, overwhelmed and confused and at a loss for what to do.<br/><br/>1) I'm 7 months pregnant<br/>2) I have asthma and some chemical sensitivities<br/>3) I have small children in the house<br/>4) I have an elderly frail dog in the house<br/>5) We aren't poor but our income is very sporadic, as my husband is a consultant and has good months and bad, and no way to predict.<br/><br/>I've got all sorts of massively paranoid ideas about how to handle this but they either involve wayyyyyyyy more chemicals than I can safely use, or they cost obscene amounts of money. Does anybody know a cost effective AND safe way to get rid of these ****ing horrible little vermin?????<br/><br/>I'm currenly between leases, so I don't want to ask the landlord to pay for anything yet. He doesn't need any more excuses to get rid of us so he can double the rent.<br/><br/>You can email me at aol at worfanddax if you have any brilliant advice and I'd be permanently in your debt. I was in denial until today, despite all of the bites I saw on my children and myself. Somehow, the complete lack of bites on my husband was “proof” that we didn’t have bedbugs. But today… today we killed a bug. We looked online, compared him to photos and looked at the big squirt of bright red blood on the tissue where he had been killed.

We have bedbugs.

I didn’t buy used furniture, I didn’t go stay in a hotel, I just had the poor judgement to live in NYC during this epidemic. I’m guessing we just picked them up from the close proximity of the subway or perhaps my dog brought them in on him from a walk. Obviously, we need to get rid of them.

So here I am, overwhelmed and confused and at a loss for what to do.

1) I’m 7 months pregnant
2) I have asthma and some chemical sensitivities
3) I have small children in the house
4) I have an elderly frail dog in the house
5) We aren’t poor but our income is very sporadic, as my husband is a consultant and has good months and bad, and no way to predict.

I’ve got all sorts of massively paranoid ideas about how to handle this but they either involve wayyyyyyyy more chemicals than I can safely use, or they cost obscene amounts of money. Does anybody know a cost effective AND safe way to get rid of these ****ing horrible little vermin?????

I’m currenly between leases, so I don’t want to ask the landlord to pay for anything yet. He doesn’t need any more excuses to get rid of us so he can double the rent.

You can email me at aol at worfanddax if you have any brilliant advice and I’d be permanently in your debt.

]]>