Posted on 01/08/2018 1:13:19 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Back in September, Texas residents Vicki Bergquist and wife Jeanette LeBlanc were visiting family in Louisiana. They went crabbing with friends and family on the coast, picking up a sack of raw oysters in a market in Westwego. It wasn't long after when LeBlanc's health rapidly declined, CBS affiliate KLFY reports.
The couple's friend Karen Bowers says she and LeBlanc shucked and ate about two dozen raw oysters.
"About 36 hours later she started having extreme respiratory distress, had a rash on her legs and everything," Bergquist said.
"An allergic reaction of sorts, that's what I would call it. That's what we thought," Bowers added.
LeBlanc's condition went from bad to worse in the first 48 hours.
Doctors told Jeanette she had vibrio — a potentially deadly bacterial infection.
"It's a flesh-eating bacteria. She had severe wounds on her legs from that bacteria," Bergquist said.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people can become infected with vibrio after eating raw or under-cooked shellfish or by exposing open wounds to brackish water.
LeBlanc had been in contact with both. For the next 21 days, she fought for her life.
"I can't even imagine going through that for 21 days, much less a day. Most people don't last," Bowers said.
LeBlanc was not able to recover. She died on October 15th, 2017.
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....Stopped reading right there...................
Nope....not going to go there.........nope....
Sounds like they were more accustomed to eating clams.
Whoa, i missed that part.
Still, scary enough.
Yes, I did a triple take right there.
I don’t like to see anyone go through that pain, and I’m sorry she did.
I’ll leave it at that, with a number of things left unsaid.
No point in anyone else commenting.
Joe just shut this down.
:D
Please, no pictures of the “couple. “
5.56mm
clams of bearded variety...
Why am I feeling the need to pray the starving pygmy prayer? LOL
Dreadful. RIP.
Staving off starvation is the only thing that would convince me to ever eat muscles, let alone raw ones.
What an odd article.
She died way back in Oct. Why now?
No, there is no real reason. Just to “raise awareness”, but it’s very short and to the point and that’s it. Don’t understand the real point of printing this.
Sorry for her.
Texas residents Vicki Bergquist and wife Jeanette LeBlanc
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Since we are throwing away all common sense, why is Jeanette not her husband?
“She died way back in Oct. Why now?”
We’re still in the “r” months....
I, however, won’t eat any in days that end in “y”.
Ah, “r” are the good months.
Whatever.
My seafood has to be breaded, deep-fried and doused with enough hot sauce to kill any remaining germs.
nope. nope. nope. nope!
What’s the starving pygmy prayer?
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