Courtney's Husband is suffering from the sleep disorder known as Sleep Apnea.
Sleep Apnea is known to be a serious sleep disorder, which occurs when a person's breathing is being interrupted during his or her sleep. If left untreated it can cause the body to be deprived of oxygen while asleep, it can cause you to stop breathing while you sleep, which means that the brain and the rest of the body is deprived of oxygen.