Husband's FB tribute to wife/trauma nurse goes viral
By Alex McDaniel AL.com
Gardendale, AL
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Rayena Wesson was in the middle of an afternoon nap Saturday, Nov. 7, when her husband, Bobby, quickly punched out a Facebook post on his phone to accompany a photo of his sleeping wife and their toddler.
It was intended for an audience of one, Bobby said, but since then, his touching tribute to Rayena, a trauma nurse, has been shared nearly 100,000 times.
Bobby Wesson with Rayena Wesson.
Gardendale, Alabama
· 284 followers · November 7 at 4:34pm · Edited ·
This is my wife Rayena taking a nap. In an hour she will wake up, put on her scrubs and get ready for work.
The tools and items she needs to perform her job will be gathered and checked meticulously - her hair and makeup will be done quickly. She will complain that she looks awful. I will disagree, emphatically, and get her a cup of coffee.
She will sit on the couch with her legs crossed under her and try to drink it while happily playing with the toddler that's crawling al...l over her.
She will occasionally stare off blankly as we talk; silently steeling herself for the coming shift. She thinks I don't notice.
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 - but regardless of those sometimes she will be on time for her next shift.
My wife is a trauma nurse. My wife is a hero.
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Comments have poured in from around the world, a heartfelt mixture of appreciation for Rayena's work as a trauma nurse and Bobby's love and respect for the woman he married.
"I typed this with my thumbs in less time than it took to brew the coffee I referenced," Bobby, a former Alabama Media Group employee, said. "It has been amazing to see it travel so far and humbling to read the notes and stories from nurses, medical professionals, patients and people worldwide."