Question
My girlfriend and I live together.  Recently her mother passed away.  We were given a rubber tree plant from her funeral and want to keep it "forever".  I think my kids were emting water bottles into it when they were cleaning istead of empting them in the sink, they feed them to the plant.  The soil was saturated.  The roots were saturated.  I actually took the plant out of the pot and removed the wet soil.  It was like mud.  I replanted it.  It hasn't totally died yet, but I'm afraid it is dying. Almost all the leaves have fallen off, but there is still new growth.  Most of the stems seemed to have rotted.  I cut a small clipping that was new and used some root hormone and replanted that piece.  I misted it, and covered it with a ziplock baggie.  Finally, my questionis 1.  Am I going to lose the big plant?
2.  Should I remove the dead stems?
3.  Is there anything I can do at this point to safe this
   plant?
4.  Did I do the right thing and the right way by cutting
   clipping and using the root hormone?
5.  Do you have any other tips on how to save this plant?  

Answer
Hi Judy,
Ok, first, you did the right thing, the cutting was a good idea but make sure there is plenty of airflow around the cutting or the cutting could rot or develop a fungal problem.
Go ahead and trim off the dead stems.
Because of the saturated soil the big plant may have gotten root rot. Remove the plant from it's pot and check the roots. They should be light colored and firm. If they are dark and mushy then the plant has root rot. The plant may not recover but there are things you can do to try to save the plant if the root rot has not affected too many roots.
Trim off affected roots. Make the cut about 1 inch into healthy root. Repot the plant in fresh soil. If possible repot in a pot 1 size smaller than the one it was in. I have found that they do a lot better if put in a smaller pot.
Water the plant only enough to keep it from wilting and keep it out of direct sunlight. When there is a good amount of new growth then return to the normal care appropriate for that plant.
I hope this helps. If you have any questions or need additional information please don't hesitate to ask.
Let me know how it turns out.
Thanks
Tracy