By Mercedes Denham, RN, BSN — Founder, Swan Hydration
The idea of IV hydration at home sounds simple until you try to picture it. Where do I sit? How long does it take? Who shows up at my door?
Fair questions. Here's exactly how a Swan visit goes, step by step — the same way it happens whether we're at your kitchen table, your office, or a hotel room.
1. You book online
Pick your drip and a time that fits your day. We're open 7am to 10pm, seven days a week, because feeling rough doesn't keep office hours and neither do we.
2. You complete a Good Faith Exam
Before any visit, you check in with a licensed medical provider — a short telehealth exam that reviews your health history and clears you for treatment. Every visit. No exceptions. It's the step that separates a medical service from a beverage, and we don't skip it.
3. Your nurse comes to you
That's me, or a registered nurse on our team. We bring everything — the IV, the supplies, the stand — and set up wherever you're comfortable. Your couch counts. So does your desk chair.
4. You relax while it drips
Most visits run 45 to 60 minutes. You can read, work, nap, watch a show. NAD+ is the exception — those infusions run two to five hours depending on dose, and we'll tell you that plainly before you book.
5. You’re done
No waiting room. No driving across town feeling worse than when you left. We pack up, you get on with your day.
A few honest notes
A visit starts with a small needle stick — there's no way around that part, and I won't pretend otherwise. What I can tell you is that it's brief, and it's done by a nurse who has started thousands of IVs.
If you're planning for a group — a bridal party, a team, a work crew — the steps are the same, just multiplied. And if you're not sure whether a visit makes sense for you at all, start with our honest comparison of drinking water versus an IV. Sometimes the answer is a glass of water, and I'm happy to tell you that too.
