Re: Tom Cruise Ultrasound Maven
From: jworrall@alaska.net
Fri Dec 2 11:38:16 2005
Well said, Dr. Smeltzer.
There is some truth on both sides of this issue. We probably are justified in trying to curb the prenatal use of ultrasound by unqualified people or for the wrong purposes.
On the other hand we really do not know what Tom Cruise is doing with the ultrasound machine that he supposedly moved into his house. Maybe he has made arrangements for all of his girl friend's prenatal care to be done in his home, so she will not be inconvenienced. Maybe he plans to have an expert sonologist or sonographer do all the examinations, and he is perfectly aware that he is not qualified to use the machine.
Allen
>----- Original Message -----
From: James Smeltzer <James.Smeltzer@wellstar.org>
Date: Friday, December 2, 2005 9:00 am
Subject: Re: Tom Cruise Ultrasound Maven
> Guys, this is America, not AMERIKA! If he needs help with his
> machine -
> and he should get a good professional to help him look at this
> baby - I
> would volunteer to do this, if he would play with my kids, and
> sign a
> few autographs.
>
> As a sonologist, perinatologist and American, I believe that the
> provenbeneficial effects on parent-infant bonding justify the
> theoreticalrisks of diagnostic ultrasound. My main objections to
> "botique"sonograms are that they discriminate against the poor,
> they do not
> provide the usual quality assurance measures, and they do not address
> legitimate medical needs that are satisfied by quality sonography.
>
> We tape on request for that reason. We also provide keepsake
> photos. In
> these days of chaotic fragmented lives, the most important determinate
> of good child outcomes (ALL of our main objective) is a persistant
> unconditional positive parent child relationship. This STARTS
> with a
> firm positive parent-infant bond. This can start with a quality
> sonogram, IMHO. If you do not realize that this is part of your
> mission,you are in the wrong line of work.
>
> Part of the reason that the "botique" sonogram business exists is that
> WE ARE NOT CONSISTENTLY DOING OUR JOB in this regard. Tom Cruise
> showsus this & rather than accepting our lesson with love and
> humility, we
> jump his ass. We are a bunch of pompous idiots!
>
> One of the best things I ever did in my career was to train a
> nurse and
> minister's wife who has turned around and is training people
> nationallyfrom crisis pregnancy centers on the use of sonography
> in their work. I
> am pro choice in believing a woman should have choice of what
> happens to
> her body, but I am definitely pro life in my personal action, and in
> believing that it is legitimate use of ultrasound to show a woman the
> truth about the child she is carrying.
>
> If I had Tom Cruise's money, I would find someone with knowledge to
> guide me and do what he did. I would also get a pro job a couple of
> times during the pregnancy.
>
> Please forgive the rant, but our forefathers died that we should be
> free. The only justifiable defense of the removal of any freedom
> is an
> overriding public good that necessarily conflicts with our inherent
> private rights - child immunizations and traffic laws for example.
> I do
> not see this being the case regarding sonography.
>
> GO TOM!
>
> James S. Smeltzer, MD, FACOG, SMFM
> Consultant, Maternal Fetal Medicine
> Wellstar Physicians' Group
> Northwest Women's Care
> 787 Campbell Hill St
> Marietta GA 30060
> James.Smeltzer@wellstar.org
> VM 678-290-3035
> Off 770-528-0260
> Page 404-318-3451
>
> >>> evsono@pipeline.com 12/1/2005 11:35:45 AM >>>
> Tom Cruise is performing sonograms. No report on his fees or
> where he
> obtained the machine. The FDA should be interested since this flies
> in
> the face of an FDA directive.
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20051130/en_celeb_eo/17872;_ylt=AqS4TXlKqErI73ZoxBa35CZV.nQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
>
> --
> art fougner, md
>
> "I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early."
> Lawrence Peter Berra
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