One option, if you have the means and can collect the mail from your parents' house, is to go ahead and pay their bills yourself -- it's not illegal to pay someone else's bills.
Pulmonary embolism occurs when a clump of material, most often a blood clot, gets wedged into an artery in your lungs. These blood clots most commonly come from the deep veins of your legs. This condition is known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT). In most cases, multiple clots are involved but not necessarily all at once.
1 A blood clot is a mass formed by platelets and fibrin in the blood to stop bleeding. 2  There are a variety of risk factors and illness that can lead to blood clot formation. 3  Causes of blood clots may include: 4  certain heart conditions, 5  pregnancy, 6  prolonged immobility,7  smoking, 8  certain medications, 9  surgery, and. Blood clots can cause heart attack or stroke; or pain, swelling, redness and tenderness in the area of the clot. 2  The diagnosis is suggested by the history and physical examination and often confirmed with an imaging test. 3  Treatment may require surgery, anti-coagulation medications, or a combination of the two.