So, while the leaves are doing the dying and I am flushing what I can, the buds come out fine enough from the looks of it. Luckily on the last trimming, I didn't take more than I did, or it could have gone much worse at this point!!!
I am spending a lot of time cutting away parts of leaves or entire leaves now, to help her keep going by not wasting energy. I do not believe I will have an issue with bud rot. ๐