I have a hotel booked for the next two nights which will make this my last night with bed bugs. Having already been blessed with 15 new flaming spots after a week no bites (the usual pattern). I predict that I will not wake up with any new ones tomorrow, which would be nice because I would not want to have to sign a new lease with any more spots on my hands. I really don't know how I have survived this long.
In the meantime, I my paranoia about taking them to my new place is escalating since finding a bug in my phone. As I mentioned in my previous post, my things will be heat treated at 140F overnight. I have decided not to take my bed even though the PCO said it could be safely treated if it's just the mattress and no rips (its less than 1 year old). I also have an over-sized mirror (brand new) that I'm sure could be safely treated, but has been in the bedroom the entire time and so I've convinced myself not to take it either. Not taking any other furniture. That leaves the following:
speakers
record player/receiver
records (can't be heat treated so have been taken out of their covers and put into ziploc bags)
record covers (All of the above are the only thing my husband absolutely wants to keep.
Printer (but thinking of throwing that out due to paranoia)
macbook air
iphone
sewing machine
Floor lamp- contemporary minimal design, no obvious cracks
4 kitchen chairs- basically the "ant" chair- can be easily wiped down and no visible cracks.
two large framed photographs that have been professionally mounted ( I don't want either, but they have sentimental value to my husband).
Paperwork
Books- very worried about the thick ones.
Kitchen stuff
shoes/bags
cables
Can someone who has been through mobile heat treatment or anyone else offer some reassurance.
I would be beside myself it I brought the problem to my new building- it is a brand new building and is spotless- I live in an old character building (that I love, by the way) but that is fully of sketchy people- yeah, yeah, bedbugs don't discriminate, I know.