I give up. Should've, could've, would've, and my mom is getting ready to leave this world

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I was burning myself out and didn't realize how little sleep I was getting once my husband went in for surgery around a month ago, give or take a day or two I think. His two surgeries were in a town 1.75 hours from us. I didn't end up working that week other than a window job or two but the driving must have taken a greater toll than I thought for I got sick about two weeks after he went into ER here in town before being transferred further away and then here again. (BTW, I will catch up to anyone I missed previously I will find most of you even though my notification page is now empty). Once he was tranferred back home again I went back to my cashiering job mostly because I've almost used up my paid days off and am not ready to lose my job over this. Supposedly, my managers say I don't have to worry about that but one never knows how much room or grace will be given until later. After working that week, quite by surprise I lapsed into something I've been in remission with for the past ten years. I'm calling it a sleep deprivation/stress breakdown that is managed with mood meds. I was admitted into the local hospital with very strict rules. No electronic devices were allowed but there was one TV and if you went to all the daily activities you could get a battery operated radio until bed time. I was supposed to get released last Friday but had to wait until this morning and then the Dr still talked of keeping me since my meds that they were waiting to go down .16 points went a lot lower than they wanted. Last week the Dr claimed than he would have no cause too keep me extra days this week yet he did consider doing just that when I saw him this morning. Not only did my levels go down the .16 points it went down a lot further than they anticipated. That probably caused me a bit extra stress since it was the fault of a nurse that I was held that long already. but, come to find out the insurance reached it's limit and so they released me, thankfully. My one daughter had a small, gender reveal party planned for tonight but my sister picked me up from the hospital and took me off to see my mom in case she passes in the night. I was there until my other daughter got out of work and picked me up for the party. I had hoped to cleaned up and get other clothes on but that didn't work out I drank some water throughout the day and had two small cups of coffee with my mom, and with the siblings in the vicinity. I had more water at the party and when finally gone I had two cups of tea. I've tried to sleep since eleven pm with no success. I think if I put the TV on that would pull me into sleep but then my daughter wouldn't get her sleep. I've tried warmed milk and later melotinin and finally sleep music possibly part of the problem is it's quieter at my house ~~~~~~~~ My mom has slowly declined in the last year or so but she was still laughing and eating and drinking. Last Thurs she quit all of the above. The nurses that started the place thought she'd be gone by now but she's hanging on. It could take a week or so or be any day. She's been on hospice for a few years already. Edit: she did die late last night, minutes after we left and headed home. Now she will await Christ's return when we'll all be reunited with our lives ones that have gone before. Sorry for the blurry image. I didn't check it until I had left or I would have done another one. My mom has been legally blind for about ten years at least and each time he eyes for worse her dementia progressed too. She is 91. She was ready to go at 80, and would will sing with us about a year ago. ~~~~~~~ I was finally able to begin sleeping after writing this, so that's good.