Terminated due to excessive absences

I was terminated last Monday, Jan. 7th, 2012, due to excessive absences. I had called in like I was told to do and my team leader approved it and said to let them know how I was doing on Tuesday. I have been dealing with some health issues since last October. My employer has worked with me up to this point. I have severe obstructive sleep apnea and recently had been to the doctor for fatigue, insomnia, body aches, etc. I was put on three new meds just to wake me up and help me sleep at night. Anyways, on Monday, Jan. 7th, I called back to my employer a second time around 8:30 am and asked to speak to the supervisor, which is an attorney ( I work for a law firm that deals with third party liability claims). I asked my supervisor if there was anything they could do to help me, if I could even get unemployment, because I was not working enough to bring in a paycheck due to missing a lot. The supervisor said they would call me back within the hour after speaking to owner, which is an attorney, too. Within about five minutes, my supervisor calls back and says they will terminate me due to "excessive absences". She stated since I didn't quit, I should be eligible for unemployment.

That same afternoon, my supervisor calls me back and says the payroll lady, who is the owners mother, stated they needed to change my termination date back to Dec 27th or I would have to pay them $900 for insurance premium for month of January. She also stated I would need to contact my pharmacy, since I had received RXs in January, and explain to them my termination date and then turn around and call them back with what the pharmacy said so they could contact BCBS (insurance company). I am at a loss on how to handle this as my husband is unemployed also, and we can't afford an attorney. I keep getting phone calls from my former supervisor; they will not stop bothering me. My husband took a food stamp application to them last week, and they said if I didn't agree to the December termination date then they would say I quit.

Can anyone offer some advice on how to handle this properly? Thank you