I have to bury the kitten tomorrow

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This morning the kitten met us right on the side of our house today near the door. I snapped a photo of it which is the one I shared here. It looked like it threw up as it has stuff stuck to its mouth. I cleaned what I could off and as I was wiping his chin he tipped his head up and was enjoying it. It was adorable! The kids brought it in and went outside to play with it on and off all morning. My daughter went to her friends house at 1. It started raining and the kitten was huddled on our back porch near where my son had been rocking him earlier in a rocking chair. It cried and I saw it was wet and shaky so I brought it in, wrapped it in a hand towel and laid it on my chest. My son and I took turns cuddling it for hours. My nephew came over to see it and hold it. It cried so I took it out to pee then brought it back in. It’s eyes seemed to look odd, a bit unfocused and glazed over. I tried to get it to eat and drink more but it wouldn’t. As skinny as it was I figured I needed to force it to get nourishment by giving it kitten formula. I called the pet store 10 miles away and they had a bottle and a can of formula but were closing in 10 minutes. I told them I had a kitten that was dumped and not doing good and asked if they could stay open until I got there and they agreed to stay a few extra minutes. I got off the phone took the cat off my chest and when I did she did a funny shake thing which I assume now was a seizure. I laid her in a pet carrier and set her in my bathroom. I sped to the pet store and back where the roads were starting to flood. When I got home she was laying very odd and making a really odd cry. She had a bowel movement in the cage. I scooped her up and wrapped her in another hand towel. She took two swallows of the formula. Her eyes were fixed and she made a few small meows while I pet her and let her know I was there. I sat with her for a long time. I had to get my son a late dinner so I had to lay her down. I kept checking on her and her breathing got more shallow each time. The last time I checked on her I watched her take her last breath and cried and pet her. I hope the rain stops tomorrow so I can bury her.