Help!

As you may have surmised by my lack of posts lately, I am absolutely feeling deluged by work and home life responsibilities.

I am also waking up every morning with various sized and shaped welts on my body. And unless, my wife is drugging me and beating me in my stupor, I have no idea what is causing these outbreaks. My first suspicion was that we have somehow brought home bed bugs. Nasty little creatures who must have a blood meal to live. But I don't see any signs of the little buggers.

Visited the walk-in clinic at Centennary Hospital to see if the medical school graduate could make any sense of it to no avail. The answer was: Could be allergy, doesn't look like bug bites. But, could be bug bites. It's hard to say. Here put this cream on and call your family doctor if the problem persists for more than a week.

I am told that Toronto, in fact, North America, is experiencing an uptick (sorry) in bed bug infestations. But the bugs are not all that small, and should be easy to spot! So, where are they? What am I reacting to?

Here's the kicker: My wife, who sleeps next to me has not had one, single, solitary, welt/bite!! How? Why are they biting me? Aside from the obvious that I am far more delicious than she...but are bugs all that discerning?

Again, any help or hints on this problem would be appreciated.

p.s. No, I have not started using any new creams or shampoos. We are not using any new detergents or fabric softeners. And the kids also do not have any such reactions or infestations.