It started in a hospital bed.
In February 2022, our founder Amanda was in the hospital with Crohn's disease, on a restrictive diet, and cold. The nurses were stretched thin, so she didn't ask for another blanket. She started designing the store she wished existed instead.
- 43,714+patients and families
- 4.8 starsfrom 1,690 reviews
- Patent-protectedadaptive access designs
- Designed with patients,nurses and doctors
Diagnosed at 17.
Amanda grew up with constant stomach pain. During her senior year of high school, she was taken to the ER and spent a week at Hershey Medical Center, then went home undiagnosed.
A follow-up colonoscopy confirmed Crohn's disease.
In the 20 years since, she's been through more hospital stays, more than five colonoscopies, and long stretches of remission.
"It started when I was 17. Twenty years later, I'm still trying to figure out what works for me."
The store that didn't exist.
In February 2022, during a hospitalization, Amanda was put on a restrictive diet. She was also very cold.
"There was a nurse shortage, and I felt really bad asking the nurses for more blankets. So I started thinking about how a Crohn's store doesn't exist."
So she started designing one from her hospital bed.
The IV Zip Hoodie
A hoodie that opens in the front and along the sleeves, so an IV can stay in and you can stay warm. It's still our most-loved product.
The BeWell IBD Journal
A place to track symptoms and keep a list of good and bad foods on a restrictive diet.
She kept asking what else that store should have, and how much stress these products would have saved her 20 years earlier, when she was first diagnosed.
Named for what her doctor says instead of goodbye.
Amanda left the hospital with the product ideas but no name. Then it came to her. Her GI doctor, who has cared for her for years, never says goodbye at the end of an appointment. He says "be well."
The name honors him, and it's what she wants for everyone who wears it. It's a reminder in itself.
That's why BeWell is on every hoodie we make.
"When I see it on my products, I think everyone should be well."
Part of the idea from day one.
From the beginning, Amanda knew the people who needed BeWell most were sometimes the ones least able to afford it.
That's why the Donation Program exists. Someone buys a hoodie for a person in treatment, and we match it to a real person on our verified waitlist.
Could you wear it for four hours, stay warm, give your nurse easy access, and walk out without changing?
If yes, it ships.Every product we make has to pass.
You stay dressed
Patent-protected openings at the arms, chest, abdomen, and thighs reach IVs, ports, PICC lines, feeding tubes, and injection sites.
No one can tell
Every zipper is color-matched to the fabric. From across the room, it's just a hoodie.
Warm enough for cold rooms
Fabrics range from lightweight bamboo to plush sherpa, for every treatment room and season.
Gentle on your skin
Soft fabric comes first, and our zippers are lined, so metal doesn't touch your skin.
Nurses notice.
from 1,729 reviews
"He didn't even have to take the hoodie off. He actually remained asleep while the nurses got everything started."
Andrea bought it after her husband's cancer diagnosis, ahead of chemo, hydration visits, and frequent blood draws. Before his session was over, she'd ordered a second one.
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★★★★★
"My dialysis nurse told me she wishes more patients wore these."
KarenVerified buyer, dialysis three times a week -
★★★★★
"I bought my three nurses each one."
Nicolette C.Verified buyer -
★★★★★
"My nurse thought it was brilliant and made her work so much easier."
Tanner M.Verified buyer, IV Crewneck
From one hospital bed to 43,714+ patients and families.
Almost every product since the first hoodie started with a customer telling us what they needed.
2022
- FebruaryDesigned from a hospital bedAmanda starts designing the IV Zip Hoodie and the IBD Journal.
- JulyThe first orders shipNine of them that month.
2023
OctoberThe IV Zip Hoodie arrivesThe hoodie from the hospital bed becomes real. It's still our most-loved product.
NovemberPort accessThe Port IV Zip Hoodie adds chest port access to arm access.
2024
January to MayMore kinds of accessThe Multi-Access Hoodie for ports, feeding tubes, and more, plus youth sizes for kids in treatment.
- December10,000 patients and familiesLess than three years after the hospital bed.
2025
January to AugustA layer for every roomSherpa for the coldest rooms, bamboo for warm months, and the IV Scan Hoodie for MRI and CT days.
- November20,000 patients and familiesDouble the count from 11 months earlier.
2026
- September40,000 patients and familiesDouble the count from 10 months earlier.
OctoberAlways Whole and the Caregiver CollectionOne for the parts of treatment people don't see. One for the people who sit beside us.
Start with where it needs to open.
Tell us where your care team needs access, and we'll show you what works.
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