Losing Your Best Friend (feat. Taylor Odlozil) - PART 2
Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley
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🗓️ 27 May 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In part two of this heartbreaking episode of Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley, we hear Taylor Odlozil's tragic story of love, loss, and resilience. Taylor shares his journey as a caregiver for his wife, Haley, who battled ovarian cancer for years. He recounts the emotional moments leading up to her passing, the impact on their young son, Weston, and the profound grief that followed. Taylor showed how important and difficult it was to parent through this loss and keep her memories alive.
As he navigates the complexities of grief, he reflects on the importance of faith, the challenges of moving forward, and the lessons learned through his experiences. He emphasizes the significance of self-care, maintaining a healthy routine, and the power of community support during difficult times.
Join us for an honest conversation about the realities of loss, the struggle to find purpose after caregiving, and the journey toward healing. This episode is a testament to the strength of the human spirit and the enduring love that remains even after loss.
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About Taylor Odlozil:
Taylor Odlozil is a widower, father, and content creator. He is a resident of The Woodlands, TX. Taylor graduated in 2014 from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Petroleum Engineering. He is also an Ironman Triathlete and an Eagle Scout. He married his high school sweetheart, Haley Odlozil, in 2016, just two months after she was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. He is a single dad to a 6-year-old son named Weston. Taylor was Haley’s primary caregiver for 8 years until she passed away in July 2023. He began sharing their story publicly 9 months before Haley passed away. Due to this, he has a large platform that allows him to continue to share her story and bring awareness to ovarian cancer. His purpose now is to inspire and help others who are struggling with not only cancer but mental health.
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| 0:00.0 | We got home from that trip and that was pretty much we kind of knew we can't really go out anymore after this. |
| 0:07.0 | She was, you know, the collar bones were starting to stick out and she was just very skinny. |
| 0:13.0 | And I mean, you can imagine throwing up 10 times a day for six months, what that'll do to your esophagus and yeah and so you know I was trying to be the |
| 0:26.9 | best caregiver I could be I'd really locked in on being with her 24-7 you know I never left her side |
| 0:34.6 | I wanted to not have any regrets I wanted every second I could with her. |
| 0:39.6 | You know, but I was exhausted because we didn't have any in-home care. |
| 0:42.6 | It was me doing it. |
| 0:44.4 | You know, with her parents that were able to help me and her sister. |
| 0:48.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:48.7 | And they were a great help. |
| 0:50.0 | So July, let's see, July 12th, which is a Wednesday, I woke her up. |
| 0:59.9 | She went to bed that night, never went to the bathroom. |
| 1:03.3 | Typically, I got to help get her up, help her go to the bathroom, never went to the bathroom, |
| 1:06.9 | never went to the bathroom, slept until like 11 a.m. |
| 1:09.1 | Sister came over to see her. |
| 1:14.6 | She wasn't awake, and I said, well, I'm going to wake her up since you're here. So I go and I wake her up and she is totally, doesn't know where she's at. |
| 1:19.6 | So I calm her down. She finally gets her bearings where she's at. |
| 1:24.6 | Bring in the Lairdorm, she's talking with her sister, but just can't seem to stay awake, wanting to fall asleep. |
| 1:33.4 | Her sister leaves for some appointment she had, and I told, hey, I said, why don't you |
| 1:38.2 | let me help you to the bathroom? |
| 1:39.8 | You probably need to go. |
| 1:40.9 | So I get her in there, and she cannot go. It spends like 30 minutes on the |
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