If you’re feeling unappreciated, read this story to know that many people very much appreciate what you do. They’re not always very good at expressing themselves in a positive way. But most of you understand your patients feelings because as this husband explains, they’re going through one of the worst days of their lives. Many of my friends are Nurses and they are awesome just like you, Every Day.
When Bobby Wesson looked at his sleeping wife last week, he had no plans of his emotional reaction going viral. But that's exactly what happened.
Nurses are at times some of the most underappreciated yet hardworking people you'll find in medicine. Rayena Wesson is a trauma nurse at an Alabama hospital. She was taking a nap before work when her husband felt inspired to share her story with the world. "In an hour she will wake up, put on her scrubs and get ready for work," he said.
"The tools and items she needs to perform her job will be gathered and checked meticulously... She will occasionally stare off blankly as we talk; silently steeling herself for the coming shift. She thinks I don't notice. "
Then, Wesson explained what his wife spends her work day doing.
She will kiss the baby, she will kiss me and she will leave to go take care of people that are having the worst day of their entire lives. Car wrecks, gunshot wounds, explosions, burns and breaks - professionals, poor, pastors, addicts and prostitutes - mothers, fathers, sons, daughters and families - it doesn't matter who you are or what happened to you.
She will take care of you.
She will come home 14 hours later and remove shoes that have walked through blood, bile, tears and fire from aching feet and leave them outside.
Sometimes she will not want to talk about it. Sometimes she can't wait to talk about it.
"Sometimes she will laugh until she cries and sometimes she will just cry," he wrote. "But regardless of those sometimes she will be on time for her next shift."
Since writing the post, Wesson has become a viral hit with people commending him for speaking out on behalf all the hardworking nurses out there. The post has been shared more than 145,000 times on Facebook and published on numerous media sites.
"My wife is a nurse," Wesson wrote. "My wife is a hero."
Co-signed on that one.
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