“Oh my gosh, those were the easiest shots I’ve ever done for a 5-year-old.”

— Registered Nurse

"It's awesome that these cards fit in my name badge...I always have them with me."

— Registered Nurse

"I gave the parents and the patient each an animal on the Magic Tree card to control during the procedure, so that they all had a job to do."

— Certified Child Life Specialist at Michigan-based children's hospital

“A child life specialist in the OR had a patient who was inconsolable. They pulled out the SpellBound app and the Albert the Manatee book and she immediately stopped screaming and yelling, started interacting with the book and was playing with it all the way into the OR until she got sedated to go to sleep... It opened a lot of eyes here. It impressed my staff. They said, ‘Oh, wow! This can really help us!’”

— Registered Nurse

A 7 year old boy had to get an IV start in emergency situation. The CCLS gave him the mouse Journey Card and told him "Touch the mouse every time it hurts. That way when the nurse hears the mouse noise, she'll know to be gentle." He follows directions, and by the end of the procedure he's just interacting with the mouse for fun, distracted from the procedure.

— Registered Nurse

Brindi was called into a patient’s room without knowing what to expect, and came in to find a little boy who was getting a catheterization. She didn’t have time to prepare, but she had the SpellBound app on her smartphone and a SpellBound Magic Tree card slipped in her name badge.

“The patient loved it so much. He was smiling and laughing throughout the procedure. He was making the same sounds as the animals,” Brindi told us. The mother of the boy was absolutely shocked to see her son laughing through a procedure that was so uncomfortable.

— A Registered Nurse

"A 14 year old girl came in who needed to get blood drawn, but she had a needle phobia. The CCLS gave her a SpellBound card to distract her during the procedure.

During the procedure, the girl was playing with the card and was not even paying attention to the needle, and the mom looked at the CCLS, shocked. She's silently gesturing to the CCLS how shocked she is and the CCLS is shushing her so that the girl doesn't notice and motioning her to just let the girl keep playing. After they're done, the CCLS says "OK, we're all done!" and the girl asks "Can I keep playing with this?""

— A Registered Nurse