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Success after A LOT of work
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pokeythefrecklehead
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Posted 3 months ago
Mon Jul 27 2009 16:48:30
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Hi all,
I wanted to share my success story to give you new bed bug sufferers hope. I will never forget how stressful and discouraging my bed bug infestation was. At the time of infestation I had a
lotgoing on in my life and my husband was deployed at the time,.It nearly put me over the edge. I actually ended up in counseling because it was the perverbial straw that broke the camels back and what a piece of straw it was! I clearly remember thinking I would NEVER get rid of them and it would be cheaper to burn down my house! Ofcourse, I hung in there and now I feel that it is safe to say that we are bed bug free!!!! I have waited a long time to write this because I didnt want to jinx myself and I wanted to be certain before I claimed success.
Before I tell you how I did it, I just want to say that some of the things I did went against general reccommendation so do your research before you take what I did as good advice ;-)- Aug (mid) 2009, neighbor kid brings bug in on clothes, I own my single family home so my bugs were riders
- Sept (1st week), after treating kids for chicken pox, scabies and MRSA, I find similiar pics bites online and scour their beds for a 3rd time, BINGO! I found a skin and then I found them hiding in a screw
- I threw out thier mattresses (not reccommended)
- I tape over the visible 'nests' on the wooden bunk bed frame with clear packing tape, I tape around the door of my boys room so the bugs cant get out
- we stop going in the living room because I dont want the bugs to detect us from their room
- i move my boys into my bedroom, they sleep with me from Sept til Feb
- I spend 15 hours at laundry mat washing piece of clothing/towel/blanket/curtain we own, I spent $300 on plastic containers and put all laundry in garage, moving it all to the basement where it still is.
-ziploc bag everything, 60% of kids toys and 90% of thier books, all drawers and cupboards in bedrooms, and living rooms are emptied.
- Sept (2nd week) Professional Pest Control Company starts 1 of three treatments, not sure of all the chems used but I know Suspend and Kicker were 2 of them. Some kind of powder was sprayed in the dressers and on the beds
- After 1st treatment, I find a bug on the living room couch, I thought the infestation was contained to my kids room, I then have a total melt down crying for 8 hours straight, I seek mental counseling... it helps!
- I move my bed to the middle of my room, take off my curtains, put my bed on risers, slather the risers and bed frame with vaseline, make sure covers dont hit the floor
-I talk to KillerQueen on the phone, he is too far away to come to my house but gives me my sanity back.
-Sept through Oct- 2nd and 3rd Pest Control treatment, kitchen, bathroom are not treated 2nd and 3rd time, Nobody enters the living room or boys room
-Nov- I open all the windows on the enlcosed front porch, a friend and I move ALL the furniture from the livingroom and boys room to the front porch so it ( and the bugs )will be exposed to freezing temps over the winter
-Feb - I buy cots for the boys, they sleep in the bare living room with cots, i get my bed back, i finally start sleeping through the night
-furniture is still on porch
-May/ June, my husband returns from Iraq, we paint the boys room, refinish the hardwood floors in the boys room and living room and the adjacent dining room
- July We buy new living room furniture, we sealed all the cracks on the boys wood furniture with glue and then painted it with about 3 coats of paint ( it actually looks better!)
-Old living room furniture is in the garageI think I went to extremes, but I couldnt live with those bugs and watch my kids suffer their horrible bites another day. I can say with confidence from the point I moved the kids out thier room to mine, there was not another bed bug bite in this house!
And now I can say with confidence there are NO BUGS hiding in the cracks and waiting to resurge!
Wishing you all success in your personal fight against bed bugs! It sucks and it feals like it will never end but with some persevierance and hard work and research, you will beat those little buggers....
~Jenny
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Posted 3 months ago
Mon Jul 27 2009 18:22:46
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Hello Jenny!!!!
I'm glad you won the war. Thank your husband for protecting my freedom! I'm very happy for you and glad I was able to help a bit with your problem. Squeeze those kids, and hubby .. Life is good again!
Best, KQ
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