My world is upside down

My husband Louie has been itching for the last couple of weeks. I have been teasing him telling him he has bugs....which he does not find the humor in. So last Friday night I took him to Med Point when he could no longer stand it. I figured he had gotten into some poison ivy or some chemical at work. I thought he would get a shot and we would be on our merry little way. Boy was I wrong. I fear it is the beginning of a long road.
The doctor at Med Point said he is jaundice and that the itching is coming from some kind of liver ailment. They asked me how much he drank and I told them that he has a few beers on bowling night. He never drinks alcohol at home. They ran blood work and said they would call us Monday with the results. They gave him a prescription for the itching. Of course I go home and start looking up liver ailments on the web. Have myself scared to death. To top it off, Louie was laid off in January so our insurance was canceled on 1/31/09. I looked at our COBRA options. We have until 4/2/09 to elect to enroll. I called them 1st thing Monday morning to make sure that they will pay the bills. They will, so I have enrolled Louie in the coverage.
Yesterday they call to have him leave work and go to Med Point for a CT scan of his liver. I have him pick me up on his way. There were no blockages and no tumors. Good news, I think. They decide to run more tests and he passes out standing there. Now I have to rush him the the emergency room. They run a battery of tests and have referred him to a specialist. The ER doc said it could be something as simple as a virus or as bad as cancer. So that is where we stand as of this morning. I am at work, but it is difficult to get any work done.