Instead, I got bedbugs.
They started slow. I wasn’t even sure I had a problem. But then I had a guest leave with bites, and another. And I was getting more and more bitten. Not cool.
After consulting Where There Is No Doctor (a free consultation) I determined to remove the bugs I would have to remove the bed and frame, wash it in boiling water, and thoroughly clean the house.
Well that was no help! I can’t boil that much water! It would take all day with my little one burner propane stove!
After consulting Where There Is No Doctor (a free consultation) I determined to remove the bugs I would have to remove the bed and frame, wash it in boiling water, and thoroughly clean the house.
Well that was no help! I can’t boil that much water! It would take all day with my little one burner propane stove!
I contacted the Medical Staff (aka Med Unit). Meanwhile the bites got worse and another guest left with bites. The Dr. advised me of and insecticide to buy at a pharmacy in Basse.
But none of the seven pharmacies I went to had it, nor the Bansang Hospital.
But none of the seven pharmacies I went to had it, nor the Bansang Hospital.
Ok.
So the Med Unit days they’ll send something for me when the APCD goes on trek.
I get the insecticide, but it spilled in transit and only 1/3 is left, and the words have been eaten off the label. This is toxic stuff! It comes in a biohazard bag with gloves and a facemask!
I made a local spray bottle out of an old juice bottle and doused my bed and mattress with the insecticide/water mix. (Per Med Unit instructions.) (Pic of Pondo, not dead, just sleeping!)
I get the insecticide, but it spilled in transit and only 1/3 is left, and the words have been eaten off the label. This is toxic stuff! It comes in a biohazard bag with gloves and a facemask!
I made a local spray bottle out of an old juice bottle and doused my bed and mattress with the insecticide/water mix. (Per Med Unit instructions.) (Pic of Pondo, not dead, just sleeping!)
So now the bugs should be dead…
To dispose of the toxic bottle and bags I rinsed them and poured everything in the pit latrine.
Even the trash was highly toxic! Minutes later roaches come running out of the latrine, trying to escape the death trap I’d created. I killed 20 over the rest of the day and by nightfall those that hadn’t escaped were dead. So now my pit latrine is insect free, and the reaction of the roaches gives me hope that my bed is also insect free.
To dispose of the toxic bottle and bags I rinsed them and poured everything in the pit latrine.
Even the trash was highly toxic! Minutes later roaches come running out of the latrine, trying to escape the death trap I’d created. I killed 20 over the rest of the day and by nightfall those that hadn’t escaped were dead. So now my pit latrine is insect free, and the reaction of the roaches gives me hope that my bed is also insect free.
That night I laughed to myself, feeling quite trite, remembering the rhyme: Sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite!
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