I am a traveling speech therapist & am in a lot of different homes. One family I work with recently admitted having bedbugs. I stopped going back until they get it under control but apparently it was too late for me. I found a live bug on my pillow 2 days ago. Since then, I called Terminex to come & inspect & they found one casing and one blood smear. I don't feel like we have had any bites and it appears to be contained to my master bedroom. I went ahead & scheduled for their service, which will be $1600. But, in the mean time, because I am freaking out, I cleaned the entire downstairs & then tore apart our bedroom, vacuuming and using diatrameous earth on by the baseboards & on the bed. I found one more live bug on the tufted headboard but no other sign, even on the crevices of the bed. I haven't used any sprays because I can't find any nontoxic ones in the stores & I have a young child & 2 dogs. I have some coming from Amazon, along with a heater so I can heat her toys that can't go in the dryer. I plan to clean her room , the spare room & the loft next. My questions are... How likely are they only in my bedroom?, do you think there are many more from my description?, do we need the professional service?, do I need to heat hanging clothes & clothes in drawers too? And how should I treat the other rooms? I was hoping not to have to use more of the diatremaceous earth in the other rooms because it is so messy., but will do whatever it takes to keep in from reaching other rooms, especially my daughter's and downstairs. It blow my mind that we are having this problem.
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