@colleenyoung

No evidence of any DVT in my case too. I was referred to a hematologist after the fact but nothing was found that could explain what happened.

Thank-you for the link to the above discussion. The pulmonologist in the intensive care unit said he hadn't seen anything like it before. He wasn't sure how blood flow was still getting through my lungs. The nurse who shared the information with me said the pulmonologist had years of experience and had seen everything. I came away thinking I was the only person this happened to. I see the exact same thing has happened to several people.

I was more impressed that my body had the ability to clean up the mess that it made in my lungs. My primary care doctor apologized for possibly missing something and felt that I would need long term pulmonary care. I reminded him that I was the one that refused the pulmonary function test when I first started to complain about being short of breath. All the clots were reabsorbed like nothing ever happened.