Thanks guys. Your words have given me hope. I have cut off everything down to a half-inch stump, kept it in it's pot, and have continued to water it.
Thank you all very much for the hope you have given me.
More info on the plant before it died:
When I got it, it was a perfectly healthy young nep with good-looking pitchers. When I brought it home, I misted it with distilled water every day, and kept it moist(I had to water it from the top, due to the fact that the clear platic ''pot'' that it was in didn't have any drainage holes at all). I kept it outside as much as possible, but only on over 40*F. days, which was becoming rare, even here in Florida, during the winter. After a few days, every one of the pitchers completely closed simultaneously, never to open again. Every new pitcher to sprout(it was extremely slow growing)would never open and came up very small. When the tiny new pitchers did come up, they would immediately turn black and die, slowly followed by the leaf turning black and dieing as well. Eventually, despite all my efforts, the whole plant completely stopped growing and just up and died, all in a matter of two weeks or so.
P.S. The ''pot'' that it is in is actually a square, clear plastic container that department store's cps are always sold in. I made a couple drainage holes in the bottom of the container. I have been watering the nep from the top since I got it at Wal-Mart many moons ago. Should I move it into a ''pot'' pot? Or would it be better to just leave it where it is?