Using Variables or States across Scenes

I'm running into the same issue and cannot fix it. My scenario takes the learner through three separate scenes. Scene 1 has a description of the problem. The user is taken to Scene 2 where they walk through a series of slides simulating conversation with a client. At the end of the scenario, depending on the path the user chose, Variable X changes to 'gold', 'silver', or 'bronze'. The user continues to Scene 3 where they review what they learned. After the review, the user returns to Scene 1 where the description state should change to an image of a gold, silver, or bronze trophy based on the variable. Hopefully that makes sense. On the slide in Scene 2 that changes the variable, I have made sure that the Change Variable trigger comes before the Jump to Scene trigger. I've also tried changing the Scene 1 slide to return to either initial or saved state, but neither made a difference. I did add the %variable% text on the Scene 1 slide. It does show the change in variable value, but the state of the object still did not change. Can anyone help? I've attached a screenshot of Scenes 1 and 2 (not 3 because there are no triggers there that relate to this). Thanks in advance!