Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@justbillyleblanc
Topics: Sex and Relationships, Food and Drink, Health
Mia Williams
Topics: Sex and Relationships, Food and Drink, Health
A YouTuber has urged people not to order a certain, potentially fatal meal after his girlfriend died just days later.
Billy LeBlanc found fame on YouTube by creating videos with his kids and ex-wife, Katie LeBlanc.
After separating from Katie, he started creating his own content and has amassed over 200,000 subscribers on his channel as well as 646,000 Instagram followers.
Billy and Katie shared three children together, but their young son Caleb tragically passed away in 2015 of natural causes.
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But the dad has now been hit with another heartbreaking loss, after he announced that his girlfriend, who he had been dating for some years after his marriage break down, has sadly passed away.
Both the 44-year-old and his partner, Natalie Clark, had fallen ill after eating a meal that Billy has urged other people to stay away from following the incident.
The pair were eating raw oysters, but by the time he knew it he had woken up in hospital to find out that his girlfriend had sadly passed.
In a heartbreaking video shared to social media on July 16, Billy explained how the situation unfolded to his fans.
“We ate oysters and we both felt sick for a couple of days, and then I woke up and she was gone,” he said.
“I spent 12 days in the hospital and eight days in the ICU. I don't remember much of it - I was pretty much out of it most of the time.”
He continued, saying he was now ‘trying to figure his life out’ following the tragic loss.
In a separate post, he paid tribute to his late girlfriend, saying: “I’m sure none of you know but I recently almost died. I was in the hospital for 12 days.
“Unfortunately Natalie didn’t make it and she passed away. I will always remember how we got lost everywhere together. I will always love her and miss her.
“Be safe and hold your loved ones.”
Raw shellfish can contain bacteria which can spread a virus known as Vibrio Vulnificus, which is what Natalie is believed to have suffered from.
It can cause a fatal infection, and people who have symptoms of the virus are urged to go to the emergency department as soon as possible.
The Cleveland Clinic states that it can ‘quickly lead to sepsis, shock and large, spreading blisters that destroy tissues’.
Symptoms of the deadly infection can include a fever, chills, skin redness, vomiting, and an increased heart rate.