YouTube star wakes up in hospital to learn his girlfriend had died from an infection after the pair fell sick eating seafood

A well-known YouTuber woke up to nan devastating news his woman had died from an infection brought connected by a celebrated seafood dish. 

Billy LeBlanc, 44, shared his partner, Natalie Clark, 41, tragically passed distant and that he 'almost died' aft nan brace contracted a microorganism called Vibrio Vulnificus from eating earthy oysters.

There are astir a twelve kinds of Vibrio viruses that are brought connected by germs that unrecorded wrong definite coastal waters. Vibrio Vulnificus enters nan assemblage erstwhile uncooked aliases undercooked food are consumed, according to nan Cleveland Clinic. 

'We ate oysters and we some felt sick for a mates days and past I woke up and she was gone,' Billy said. 

Billy became celebrated aft sharing videos of his family connected nan relationship Bratayleys, wherever he was joined by his ex-wife Katie LeBlanc and their 3 children Annie, Hayley and Caleb. 

'I will ever retrieve really we sewage mislaid everyplace together. I will ever emotion her and miss her. Be safe and clasp your loved ones tight, you ne'er cognize erstwhile it’ll beryllium nan past clip you spot them,' he said successful different station alongside pictures of them traveling. 

The heartbroken contented creator said he has a vague representation of what happened arsenic he spent a full of 12 days successful nan hospital, 8 of those being successful nan intensive attraction unit. 

'I don't cognize what to say. I'm trying to fig my life retired now, and what's adjacent for me, truthful convey you for each your emotion and support to everyone who gave that,' he added. 

Natalie has a boy of her own, Julian Clark, 17- an aspiring character pinch his ain YouTube channel. 

On May 13 nan precocious mother posted pictures of her and Julian enjoying Mother's Day together. 

'Thank you boy for nan champion day ever! You are nan champion point that ever happened to me.

'We had nan champion talks to-and-fro and successful between. I cannot hold to witnesser his future,' she said. 

Billy's mother, Yvette Berthelot LeBlanc paid tribute to her son's woman successful a caller Facebook post. 

'Natalie mislaid her life and Billy was very adjacent to decease successful nan ICU for 8 days. Please continue to believe for Natalie’s boy Julian for her family and for Billy, some for his wellness and his heart,' Yvette wrote. 

The CDC estimated that astir 65 percent of 80,000 vibrio cases reported each twelvemonth are contracted from eating contaminated food. 

Around 1 successful 5 group died from nan infection, 'sometimes  within a time aliases 2 of becoming ill,' nan CDC said. 

This isn't Billy's first clip dealing pinch unexpected calamity arsenic his boy Caleb, who he shares pinch his ex-wife Katie Leblanc, died successful 2015 astatine nan property of 13 from abrupt cardiac arrest.

Katie's family has a history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and contempt taking their 3 children for regular screenings, Caleb was recovered unresponsive and later pronounced dormant astatine nan hospital, according to the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association. 

Both Katie and Billy station astir their precocious boy often connected societal media, arsenic nan YouTuber shared a heartfelt day connection for him. 

'It seems for illustration conscionable yesterday, you would person been successful this IHOP pinch us. I miss you my small babe boy. Happy birthday,' Billy wrote. 

Following his son's death, nan family took a break from their channel. When they returned, they continued to station videos until 2019, nan aforesaid twelvemonth Billy and Katie ended their marriage.  

Billy past launched his ain YouTube channel, justbillyleblanc, wherever he shares his regular life pinch his kids pinch his 208,000 subscribers. 

In 2020, he introduced Natalie arsenic his woman successful a video. She continued to make regular appearances successful his clips.