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   DeathToAllBBs
   

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   Posted 2 months ago
   Tue Sep 1 2009 14:38:06
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   Ah, the nightmare of it. I work in a group home that's currently on it's third treatment and I think getting it's fourth this week. We suspect we had them back in the fall and probably got them from a newly delivered bedroom set, which really makes me sick about getting new furniture or mattresses. We aren't certain that's where it came from but it is an odd coincidence that the infestation just happened to start in that room.

   A few weeks ago I got bitten all down my arm after sitting on a couch. Same thing happened to my coworker whom I had called to ask to pass the message on to the managers. They were very fast in dealing with it. I love my managers and coworkers. They're really trying their best to deal with this but the house is old with lots of places for the BBs to hide. And right now, I'm getting the impression that the PCOs we're using aren't on the ball because from what I've heard they keep looking for evidence, where as I think that they should presume that if they've been in one room and then were found in another and then someone had bites after being in another room then they should be smart enough to know they've spread and might not be hanging out on mattresses any more but rather going into cracks where they lived since the first infestation. But what do I know? I'm not making hundreds of dollars every time I show up. I just don't think they're really on the ball with this or they would have right off the bat recommended follow up treatments for any BB infestation, and as far as I know they didn't come back after that one time until two of us were meals for these things which was several months later.

   Now I'm trying to avoid them taking over my home. I didn't really give it a thought back when the first infestation happened so I just came home and threw my clothes in the laundry basket in the hall or in the hamper. *What was I thinking?!?!?!? ARGGGGGHHHHH!!!!* Luckily there are no signs that they're in my house, but I don't think they moved to any of the rooms I've been in at work until a few weeks ago when I was bitten. And that day was when I came home and tossed my clothes in the hamper and laundry basket in the hall not realizing how well they travel.

   So I'm on the lookout and throwing clothes in the dryer right when I come home and letting my car bake in the sun to kill any that might have gotten in there. Also changing at work just before I leave now and throwing those in the dryer as well.

   I'd appreciate any advice or recommendations anyone could give on how to keep these things out of my home and car.

   Thanks and I'm glad there's this forum where we can get help and support. I sure hope scientists come up with a way to kill off these things soon.

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