Baylie’s story is one of a night with friends gone wrong and how a series of choices lead to her death. From the police, to the hospital, to the investigation, to fighting to pull her off life support because she didn’t want that was a rollercoaster. It was so much more traumatizing than it had to be. But it inspired Shawnee to start a foundation, advocate for college safety, having a will, and writing a book to make sure others know: this can happen to anyone.
Key Takeaways:
[1:48] Baylie going off to college as a pre-med student in neuroscience
[5:24] Going out with her sorority girls to have fun and switching to drinking water
[6:48] Baylie wanted to leave early, got stood up, and things went wrong
[12:23] She got hit by a car while we were thousands of miles away
[16:07] Her injuries, the coma, and the struggle to get the police to look into the crime
[23:49] Universities don’t have to be transparent and report deaths like this
[27:03] Transferred to another hospital – and the first hospital missed something major
[31:47] Fighting with the hospital to pull the plug and being left with severe depression
[39:17] Creating the foundation and book about college safety and healthcare proxies
[43:42] Partnering with a will company and an app to keep people safe in rideshares
[47:11] I wrote the book to make a point: this can happen to anyone
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