The Nitpickings of CBG

Carol Bengle Gilbert alleges that the release of a second round of medical records regarding Ayla Reynolds' broken arm shows her father's version of events again at odds with the injury description given by the medical professionals treating the then-19-month-old. 

What Justin says is in blue. Information that backs it up in the medical report is in red.

"I was carrying her," he recalled during a Thursday interview with the Morning Sentinel. "Usually I let her walk, but it was raining out that night and it was dark." Phoebe says she was in the living room with Elisha, and they heard a big thump. Phoebe went to the kitchen, and Ayla was scared, so she picked her up. Phoebe was worried about Justin's wrist, which was previously broken into 39 pieces. Justin says things seemed normal after, but that Ayla was fussy here and there.

"This is a 19 month old girl who was being carried by her father last night, and he tripped and fell in the dark, and the grandmother found them both on the floor." The report goes on to say that Justin was recovering from a fracture that he was trying to protect, and that although Ayla was crying, she did not appear to be seriously injured.

As Justin got ready to head to class the next day, Phoebe called him back in and showed him Ayla's arm, which was now swollen. Justin considered skipping class, but decided against it because Ayla was not crying.

They did not bring her in until this morning, and they brought her in today because her left arm was severely swollen.

At some point during the day, Phoebe noticed just how swollen Ayla's arm was after she looked under the toddler' sleeve. Justin left class early, and they went to the emergency room. The ER staff reportedly thought Ayla had a deep tissue bruise, and Justin implored them to do an x-ray.

The physical examination shows that the left arm is severely swollen. There is ecchymosis (a bruise) developing in the antecubital (in front of the elbow) area of the left arm.



Carol Bengle Gilbert says that the medical reports reflect an examination in which Ayla's wrist and hand were described as normal on inspection, nontender, with a normal range of motion. Her wrist and hand are described as normal on inspection, nontender, and with a normal range of motion; while Justin DiPietro is quoted in the Morning Sentinel as saying Ayla's hand was swollen, the medical report shows that he brought her in due to swelling of her left ARM. There is no mention of Ayla's wrist, only Justin's. Even if he said her hand was swollen, he reported that the fracture was in her forearm. The elbow is not the upper area of the arm, it's the exact midpoint. Is Carol Bengle Gilbert a doctor?

The treatment records show 10:50 a.m. Is that inconsistent with Justin saying he left class early and returned home to take Ayla to the E.R.? No, but for some reason Carol Bengle Gilbert presents it that way.

Carol Bengle Gilbert is still stuck on the fact that Justin's class officially ended on October 27. She fails to account for the fact that the class requires driving time, absences have to be made up, and the course required driving time before it could be completed. Does she know enough to say when Justin's course "officially" ended. No, but she has no problem stating repeatedly, as fact, that it ended on October 27.

Why is Carol Bengle Gilbert picking apart the most inane details to prove abuse? When Trista admitted to having her timeline wrong, Carol did not correct her previous assertions that the injury could have occurred on or around October 17. Why is it that Trista is allowed a gross mistake, which caused speculation for months, but Justin using the word hand or forearm instead of arm and elbow means he is a child abuser?

There is a reason why Carol Bengle Gilbert writes for Yahoo News as a contributor. This is not real journalism, and anything she writes has to be taken with not just a grain, but a box, of salt. Jeffrey thinks that Carol Bengle Gilbert is a journalist, so he is currently using her to get the word out. Her articles are not mainstream media, and one has to wonder why local media outlets have not published anything Jeffrey has released to her. Those outlets would love to have the "scoop" on Ayla, because her story draws a large amount of public interest---and money. Why, oh why, is Jeffrey not being published by them? Probably because they will not put his desired slant or spin on the facts that they will report. That sort of integrity seems to have escaped Carol Bengle Gilbert.

Get a real job, Carol Bengle Gilbert. If you have one, stick with it. You're not cut out for this, you seem to be unaware of any journalistic standards.