Sydney Towle has entered hospice care after 3 years with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare bile duct cancer. Austin Towle said on Aug. 4 that she had been moved to hospice and was surrounded by friends and family. The update came after weeks of public treatment posts from the 26-year-old TikTok creator.
Aug. 4 Update
Austin said, “Sydney has been moved to hospice and is surrounded by her friends and family.” In the same Aug. 4 TikTok caption, he added, “Thank you all so much” and “Your love and support does not go unnoticed.”
Hospice is comfort-focused care. For Sydney, that means the focus has shifted away from the next treatment step she discussed in public and toward day-to-day support as the illness has advanced.
July 21 Clinical Trial
On July 21, Sydney told her 1.1 million TikTok followers that she was looking at the next phase of a clinical trial involving tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy. She said she had not been as active on social media because treatment had taken such a toll.
She also said, “I’m not gonna lie, every day is extremely challenging with the pain that I am constantly experiencing, but I have hope that I can do this.” She added, “Every day it’s just me taking it day by day.”
Sydney Towle and
Her July 21 video showed the friction in the timeline. She was still talking about a trial step then, but by Aug. 4 she had been moved to hospice. That gap points to a rapid change in her medical situation over a short period.
In that same video, Sydney said, “It feels so lonely sometimes because no one else is here and if they’re here, they’re here for a couple days and then there’s my name here every day.” She also said, “I try to say ‘hi' to whoever I meet, my neighbors and stuff, but I have a lot of stuffies and drawings from people who have visited.”
The post leaves one question open for readers following her care: what specific medical change led to hospice. For now, the clear fact is that after three years with cholangiocarcinoma, Sydney is no longer describing the next trial phase — she is in comfort care with her family around her.
