Did it survive?

They hate peat based potting soils. What you need to do is try a cactus mix with no peat..or maybe those compost like soils growers seem to use for almost all garden plants.

It did not survive. It lasted a few more weeks of growing a leaf then dropping it, growing another and dropping it. Then the stem eventually turned black and shrivelled up. I started a new one however, gave it to my niece to grow so she can learn about plants and how they grow. She picked out a different kind of soil than mine and hers is doing very very well. It's growing way faster than mine, the stalk is thicker and more leaves. I think soil was the issue.