I don't believe every visit to the doctor in that 3 years was for vaginal problems. No doubt Patsy's cancer treatments caused the children stress and other related health problems besides the average colds, flu, etc.
In fact, Patsy said JB had sinus problems frequently. I've often wondered if that could have been caused or irritated by things like bleaching and dying her hair, perfumes from cosmetics, dyes for costumes, hair extensions, hair spray, fingernail polish or remover, etc.
JonBenet was said to be sick on Christmas Eve Day, or maybe it was Christmas Day? I get confused because it seldom is brought up anymore. I've never heard anyone say exactly what was wrong with her, either.
Munchausen By Proxy has been speculated on and is as good a theory as any, since we really don't know what was going on with JB and Patsy. Dr. Beuf said it wasn't an unusual amount of visits, but it would have been very unusual in my family.
I agree that it wouldn't make sense for Patsy to take JB to the doctor if she wanted to cover up molestation. But the doctor never gave JB a vaginal exam, and Patsy was always present, she told Det. Haney. Maybe she wasn't sure, but had suspicions, not really wanting to know if it were true, but looking to see if Dr. Beuf found anything to be alarmed about.
Or maybe PR thought it had stopped. Maybe she just wanted to be sure JB was alright physically without telling the doc what happened.
Or maybe Patsy had only found out how far it had gone not long before the murder. Maybe that's what the 3 phone calls to the doctor were about on Dec. 17th.
Really, your guess is as good as mine when Patsy might have become aware, which is why I wish Mrs. Archuleta had been specific on the date Patsy expressed her concerns about JB's behavior. But how can she not have noticed bloody discharge which was certain to be in her child's panties at some point?
Maybe that's what she found on Dec. 25th when dressing JB for bed, and that began the horrors of that night. As far as I know, no one has ever said LE identified the panties that JB actually wore to the Whites' party that evening.
Let's see if I can be clear: I've worked as a volunteer at a sexual assault center and one thing they train you to recognize is inappropriate sexual behavior in children who are sexually abused. Their abuser, especially an experienced adult, knows how to manipulate the child not to "tell." But a young child the age of JonBenet cannot always edit herself when it comes to the mixed messages of sexual abuse. If she's been getting "rewards" for the abuse, if she's been groomed to believe she's "special" and that the sexual behavior is a good thing in various ways--that's how abusers can condition their victims, after all--then she can't comprehend the subtle and subconscious things she's learned from her abuser which surface in her behavior with others. So acting in inappropriate ways may be subtle, but sooner or later it can set off alarms if the caregivers are paying attention.
The autopsy is fact. When, who, where...details for which we don't have the answers. It's my opinion Patsy knew at some point before Dec. 25th that something was very wrong. How much she knew, whether she was in denial, or even if she was the abuser, I don't know. But all the evidence points to her knowing she had a huge problem.
I can tell you right now the most common response from the family to incest is strong denial. If it becomes undeniable, next is blame--blame the victim, because that will invariably be the most vulnerable and powerless, therefore the easiest to blame.
But covering it up is nearly always priority one if the abuser is in the family.
