Sorry, that was not clear to me.
In general pictures do help, otherwise only a look into a glass sphere will give the right answer...
Here are three pictures of the aureum. The first one shows the small leaf that I've been watching for growth (still nothing). The second is from the top looking down into the crown of the growth with the small leaf. The third is from the other side to to show the "healthy" growth. I know it looks terrible, but It's been treated and seems stable, and is growing.
At this point, I'm not sure which one of those two is the newer growth. The first picture with the little leaf - I had assumed that that was the new growth because it was smaller and looked to be developing. But now I remember that when the plant came I took a mature sized leaf off of that smaller growth because it had been damaged in transit. There is also a mature, older-looking leaf on that growth that is low, and juts off into the backgroun (which you might not be able to see.) That older leaf also seems stable.
General comment, the plant looks better in the picture (believe it or not) than in real life. My SmartPhone enhanced that green quite a bit.
So maybe I'll leaf that smaller growth alone, whatever it is. Taking it off might set the whole thing back. Roots looked good when I slipped it out of the pot just to check, but it is rootbound. Thanks for your interest.
