When someone leaves an answer on a question that gets modded...

and that someone received lurve points for their answer, do they still get to keep the points if the question never comes back? This has happened to me several times, I’ve answered a question, and someone was kind enough to give me lurve for the answer I posted, and then, those evil overlords, known as our moderators, have removed the question to be edited by the OP. Sometimes, the question never makes it back to the fold. I suppose I could have just asked a moderator this question, but I wanted to see if anyone else has had this happen to them. Some of my best answers have been to questions that got modded.