Will give brainliest! Please Help! Which sentence uses the correct punctuation?

a. Because I had a stomachache, I could not go to school; furthermore, I could not attend my friend's birthday.

b. Because I had a stomachache, I could not go to school; furthermore I could not attend my friend's birthday.

c. Because I had a stomachache I could not go to school; furthermore I could not attend my friend's birthday.

d. Because I had a stomachache, I could not go to school, furthermore, I could not attend my friend's birthday.

e. Because I had a stomachache, I could not go to school: furthermore, I could not attend my friend's birthday.