dn't know what they were, but a friend was quick to tell me. I made a report and the whole unit was fumigated. I threw out my mattress and bought a new one (even though it had been fumigated, I couldn't stand how gross the staining was). I didn't see any bedbugs again for a little over a year.
Spring 2008 I again started finding bites. Upon inspection I discovered that AGAIN there were bedbugs. I again had the building fumigate the unit. The bedbugs were gone again but only for about a month.
Completely frustrated (and annoyed at the pest control company who obviously were not doing their jobs properly) I went out and bought 4 cans of "Ant, Roach, and Earwig" Raid (it lists that it kills bedbugs as well on the can... by the way it is the best I've found for roaches!) and went to town.
At this time I had already thrown out my bedframe and had been sleeping on a mattress on the floor. I sprayed the whole mattress: concentrating along the seams, and misted the surface top and bottom.
I sprayed all along the baseboards and misted the whole carpet.
I left and stayed with family for a day. When I came back I opened the window and aired out the room for a few hours. Then I vacuumed everywhere.
I washed all my laundry in hot water and put it through the dryer twice. I did not bring it back into the room until I was done spraying/cleaning.
I threw out the mattress and bought a new futon.
I had finally gotten rid of the bedbugs for good (or so I thought)...
They started appearing again about a month ago and are now rampant in my futon. It's getting thrown out when I move, a good waste of $200. I have told the building and they say they will fumigate after I move out. Though I highly doubt they will spend they money on it until they move another person in here and start getting complaints.