Haley Odlozil, a mother who documented her fight with stage IIIC ovarian cancer on TikTok, has died at age 30.
Her husband, Taylor, announced Haley’s passing on Instagram and Tiktok on Friday.
“It is with incredible sadness that I tell everyone that my sweet Haley has passed away,” she wrote on Instagram below a photo of the couple with their 4-year-old son, Weston. “I cannot begin to describe the amount of heartache and pain that I and our entire family are experiencing. I never knew my heart could physically hurt.”
Haley had been battling stage IIIC ovarian cancer for eight years. Stage IIIC disease means cancer is in “one or both ovaries and has spread outside the pelvis to other parts of the abdomen and/or nearby lymph nodes,” according to the report. Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance.
The couple documented their cancer journey on TikTok, culminating in more than 2.5 million followers between them.
Taylor would post every few days on your tiktok accountbeginning each caption with the date followed by “Haley is still fighting.”
Friday’s TikTok was different.
“As a husband, I have seen every moment. The happy ones and the sad ones. One thing I can tell you, she suffered a lot fighting this disease that slowly tore through her body for the last 8 years,” he wrote. below a video that received 2.1 million likes. “The thought of her being fully healed in a painless, scarless body in heaven makes me so incredibly happy for her, but so overwhelmingly sad that I’m not there to see it.”
The couple had been together for 16 years. Haley had celebrated her 30th birthday in February.
Last Saturday, Taylor posted a video on TikTok showing a book about Haley made by friends for her young son to remember his mother.
“As difficult as we are going through as a family, it warms my heart to see people rise to the occasion to do an act of kindness for another,” Taylor wrote.
In Friday’s post, Taylor said goodbye to his wife.
“I love you Haley. More than I can put into words. You are a part of who I am and I will never stop loving you. I can’t wait to see you again,” she wrote.
Friends and fans took to social media to express their condolences to Taylor.
“My sweet, sweet friend! I will miss her so much! I pray for you, Taylor!” commented country singer Parker McCollum on Instagram.
“I’m crying my eyes out and I’ve never met her,” one fan commented. “I was always looking for ‘Haley keep fighting.'”
Taylor announced she won’t be posting on social media “for a while” to process Haley’s death with her son.
