Williams has a history of blood clots, normally kept in check by daily treatment. But because of her
C-section, she wasn't taking her medication. She suspected the shortness of breath was the first sign of pulmonary embolism, a life-threatening condition where a blood clot travels to the lungs.
After convincing the nurse and then the doctor to take the necessary CT scan, her fears were confirmed.
Because of the pulmonary embolism, she had terrible coughing fits which caused her C-section incision to open. When she returned to the operating room, doctors discovered a hematoma — a swelling of clotted blood — in her abdomen. A filter had to be inserted into a major vein, she told the magazine.