The most terrifying thing happened last night. And I mean, it was absolutly terrifying. I was watching the The Sentinel, around 10:40 or so, and I got upstairs to the bathroom. As I'm washing my hands I hear this kind of weird sound, you know, the sound that your dog makes when he's puking. But it wasn't coming from my dog. It was coming from my mom. I waited at her door to make sure (she was in bed) and when I was, I rushed in and of course, shouted "Mom!" and saw what was happening. She was trying to cough, the gross liquid kind of coughs, where something comes up with it, and since she was lieing flat on her back she couldn't get it out while sleeping. I kept talking to her, while rolling her on her side (I actually had started this right away) and while doing so, my Dad woke up and helped me. She woke up and coughed, said she was alright and went back to sleep. I was still scared. Jeeze, anything could have happened to her. She could have suffocated on her own phlem. She could have choked and died. I went to bed not long after but I didn't slep that well, I kept waking up and checking her beathing to make sure it was steady. Later on (before I went to bed) I put something together. What if mom has CHF? I would never have noticed it if I hadn't realized that maybe she could. When she wakes up I'm going to ask her about some of the things thats been happening to her. I know for a fact that she's been spitting up sputum, because it's brown. Brown is not the normal colour for spit. On the other hand, it could be because of her smoking, but I don't think so. There are other things I can ask. And if I find maybe, three things that are associated with CHF I think I'll ask her if she can go and get a chest x-ray, just to be sure. I might be over-reacting, but better safe then sorry. She's my mom after all, and I love her way to much to let something like this pass.