Nancy Updike

Waking up in the middle of the night, sometimes you'll find them and they're white and then their belly is filled with your blood and sort of their belly is all red and you can see it.

Waking up in the middle of the night, sometimes you'll find them and they're white and then their belly is filled with your blood and sort of their belly is all red and you can see it.

But once I realized that there were these little white things, and I was sleeping on white sheets with little blue dots, and then that's when the sheets felt like they were crawling, which is really unmistakable and so hard to sleep in a bed where you feel like the sheets are crawling. When I would wake up with bites, if I found them or didn't find them, I knew more bites were coming.

But once I realized that there were these little white things, and I was sleeping on white sheets with little blue dots, and then that's when the sheets felt like they were crawling, which is really unmistakable and so hard to sleep in a bed where you feel like the sheets are crawling. When I would wake up with bites, if I found them or didn't find them, I knew more bites were coming.

So the process of going back to sleep is filled with thoughts of more bugs coming.

So the process of going back to sleep is filled with thoughts of more bugs coming.

There's a lot, you know, the thing about in the middle of the night, there's a lot of adrenaline in the middle of the night. These like middle of the night bites and trying to figure out where they were. I mean, it's not just sort of you're waking up and scratching and you're sleepy. It's like I would wake up in full combat mode. Rage, rage, rage, rage. And then back to bed. It sucks. It sucks.

There's a lot, you know, the thing about in the middle of the night, there's a lot of adrenaline in the middle of the night. These like middle of the night bites and trying to figure out where they were. I mean, it's not just sort of you're waking up and scratching and you're sleepy. It's like I would wake up in full combat mode. Rage, rage, rage, rage. And then back to bed. It sucks. It sucks.

I definitely upped my coffee intake during that time. I mean, I was definitely needing to compensate for the fact that I wasn't getting a full night's sleep. I think it made me a little more twisted. I was feeling a little twisted, dark. There's a feeling of, like, I am being assaulted, and there's nothing I can do.

I definitely upped my coffee intake during that time. I mean, I was definitely needing to compensate for the fact that I wasn't getting a full night's sleep. I think it made me a little more twisted. I was feeling a little twisted, dark. There's a feeling of, like, I am being assaulted, and there's nothing I can do.

You want to see one. I understand. I understand. To be honest, I think I don't really want to know the full extent in the couch. Let's take a look.

You want to see one. I understand. I understand. To be honest, I think I don't really want to know the full extent in the couch. Let's take a look.

Oh, no. I may actually have a little freak out. What did you see in there? So there's a little burgeoning bedbug colony. in that, see these folds? This is where they like to, but it's on this side. So you can take a peek if you like.

Oh, no. I may actually have a little freak out. What did you see in there? So there's a little burgeoning bedbug colony. in that, see these folds? This is where they like to, but it's on this side. So you can take a peek if you like.

Oh my god.

Oh my god.

That looks mostly like, actually, it looks mostly like grown bed bugs with a few white. I haven't been getting that many bites on the couch, but the fact that it's in the upholstery makes it, there's just nothing to be done. And it's totally, it's like, there's no way that we could. I'll probably go and get the pesticide that we have just so these guys don't get dinner tonight.

That looks mostly like, actually, it looks mostly like grown bed bugs with a few white. I haven't been getting that many bites on the couch, but the fact that it's in the upholstery makes it, there's just nothing to be done. And it's totally, it's like, there's no way that we could. I'll probably go and get the pesticide that we have just so these guys don't get dinner tonight.

And then tomorrow I'll ask my husband to take the couch downstairs.

And then tomorrow I'll ask my husband to take the couch downstairs.