Legal Question in Medical Leave in Kentucky

i was in intermittent FMLA for my daughter who was diagnosed with a life threatening illness. i used the have used my FMLA thru Metlife since approx. 2009 without ever exhausting all twelve weeks of FMLA allowed within a calendar year. i took time off around March of 2010, and while off for FMLA, i was contacted via phone but my supervisor stating that she was contacted by the HR dept of my employer that I had exhausted all twelve weeks of my FMLA and that i was to return to work the following day. i tried numerous times to find out when i would be eligible to re-apply for FMLA for my daughter since i am the only person who is her caregiver and can take her to and from Dr. aoots. i was able to finally contact someone in my H.R. depart who directed me to Metlife to find this info out. i contacted Metlife regarding the next time i would be come eligible and was told by a Metlife rep. that i was eligible at that present time and i had approx 227 hrs available. i had Metlife email me information @ my work email and forward this info to my supervisor. At a later date i found out thru Metlife that i had never exhausted any of my FLMA in the year of 2010. From the month my supervisor contacted me at home informing me that i had exhausted all of my FMLA, i had accrued occurances due to my absences from work due to my daughter's illness. This brought me to a final written warning. i tried to get the occurances taken off my record due to having active FMLA at that time and time taken off was due to my daughter. i was told by my H.R. director he does not handle this. i had to miss two weeks in Jan\10. On the day i returned to work, i was notified that i was to have a meeting with my supervisor and the director of the corporation i worked for. i was informed at that time that i was being terminated immediately. i asked on what grounds, and it was stated that due to the amount of work i have missed. i explained that i had FLMA i used and still had FMLA hours available. The director informed me that i had accrued occurance in between the months that i did not have FMLA due to my FMLA being exhausted. i explained to the director that i did indeed have FMLA coverage for those months that i had accrued the occurances and i could prove this. He stated to me that he was not interested in that time period and they needed someone to report to work on a daily basis. What recourse , if any from a legal stand point do i have? i would like to weigh my options. I am a single parent with a child with a life threatening disease and i do not want this happening to anyone else. i thought FLMA was put into action to protect ones jobs when situations as this happens to a family member. Thank you for your time.

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