Bluegrass IV Therapy is Owensboro’s new mobile hydration station that aims to provide nutrients and vitamins, taking their product to the customer so it can be used from the comfort of their own surroundings.
While Sarah and Andrew Rudkosky were stationed in Colorado for the military, Sarah said she wanted a way to bring the hospital’s IVs to people who needed them, but also didn’t want to impact the overcrowding of the hospitals at the time.
While working at the hospital as a nurse there, she and a colleague flesh out a plan to start the business.
“We wanted to make sure that we were able to help the community. Obviously, we couldn’t just be in a hospital setting, but we wanted to be able to do different recipes, especially like the Myers cocktail,” she said.
It wasn’t long before the Owensboro native came back home to start the business in town. With Bluegrass IV, the two set up their website for clients to register and provide the location where they would like to receive the treatment.
Sarah said the nurses then go to the location and provide the treatment there.
Oftentimes, clients tend to mark their home as their treatment spot, which is ultimately what Rudkosky hoped for when they started it.
“I know as a person and as a patient, I would rather be in my own bed, my own kind of territory, and be treated rather than going out…comfort is a big thing [for the patients],” she said.
The business has two nurses on staff that is prepared to be dispatched wherever the client asks. Each nurse has obtained their RN certification, along with training and skills to prepare a client for a hospital if need be.
The treatment typically lasts about 40 minutes and the IVs are infused with different vitamins that the client can order. If clients are unsure what kind of treatment they would like, Rudkosky said the nurse can help give guidance.
“Whether you’re going through dehydration, lack of energy, anything. We do have a few medications like Toradol, Zofran for nausea, Reglan, Phenergan that we can add in,” she said.
Their availability each week tends to vary — such as when it’s hotter, demand is higher. In one week, a nurse could help about 15 clients.
And as COVID-19 numbers are slowly rising again, Rudkosky said Bluegrass IV is another alternative to going to a medical provider who may be slammed with patients and doesn’t have the time for treatments.
“We just want to help our community get that boost when they’re not feeling too good,” Rudkosky said.
