He sold his expensive cars and home in Plano and moved his family, with their support, into an apartment while he enrolled in nursing school. The seed that started his nursing career was planted by a close family friend, who while dying of cancer, asked Reeves to find a meaningful way to express appreciation to those who had treated her. After her death, Reeves began volunteering at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas and enjoyed the patient contact so much that he would leave his banking job early to get to the hospital. But he believes nursing is his calling and doesn't miss his former lifestyle. Relating to people Reeves said he is sometimes asked why he did not become a physician instead of a nurse.
Doctors practice medicine and their goal is to cure diseases.
In nursing, the things you hold near and dear to your heart are put into use every day. Reeves' business background has proved invaluable to his nursing career. I bring something to the table that not many people can. The ability to walk into a patient's room with ease and deal with the patient on a personal level also comes from life experience, he said. When I was 21 years old, that would have been a lot more difficult.