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.
They are also likely to have family members who have had a blood clotting problem. ... A common place is the lung, where the clot can cause a cough, shortness of breath, pain while taking deep breaths, chest pain, and even ... Blood clots that travel to the brain can cause a stroke.