YouTube creator Billy LeBlanc shared the devastating information that his associate died after contracting a uncommon an infection from oysters.
On July 14, LeBlanc, 44, posted on Instagram that he “virtually died” however his girlfriend Natalie Clark, 37, “handed away” after they contracted the uncommon bacterial an infection vibrio vulnificus from uncooked oysters.
“I’m positive none of however I not too long ago virtually died. I used to be within the hospital for 12 days. Sadly Natalie didn’t make it and he or she handed away,” he wrote within the caption of his put up. “I’ll all the time keep in mind how we acquired misplaced in all places collectively. I’ll all the time love her and miss her.. Be secure and maintain your family members tight you, by no means know when it’ll be the final time you see them.”
Along with Billy’s put up that he and Natalie contracted vibrio vulnificus—a probably deadly bacterial an infection that may trigger fever, vomiting, and diarrhea, amongst different signs in line with the Cleveland Clinic—from consuming uncooked oysters, Billy’s mom, Yvette Berthelot LeBlanc, shared on Fb on July 6 that the “previous two weeks [have been] a tough time” for his or her household with the tragedy.
“Natalie misplaced her life and Billy was very near demise [and he was] within the ICU for 8 days,” she mentioned within the put up. “Please proceed to hope for Natalie’s son Julian for her household and for Billy, each for his well being and his coronary heart.”
The YouTuber—whose channel has greater than 200k subscribers—was a part of the favored YouTube household that posted via the account Bratayleys together with his ex-wife Katie LeBlanc and their kids Annie, Hayley and their late son Caleb, who handed away in 2015.
The day earlier than Billy introduced Clark’s demise, he posted a birthday message to his son Caleb, who had died at 13 years outdated from “pure causes,” as LeBlanc and his household had beforehand shared on Instagram.
“It looks as if simply yesterday, you’d have been on this ihop with us. I miss you my little child boy. Completely happy birthday.”