Re: Tom Cruise Ultrasound Maven
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Fri Dec 2 13:30:24 2005
Maybe AIUM could get Cruise to address the upcoming annual meeting?
art
At Sat, 3 Dec 2005, Sue Davies wrote:
>
>What a storm in a teacup! So they want to see baby's hand waving regularly
>and they can afford it - So what. It's probably a safe bet that they also
>get excellent medical care. Did anyone notice that he said he's going to
>"donate the machine to some hospital after delivery" - All one can hope is
>that he bought a good one and donates it where it will help the less
>fortunate.
>Sue Davies
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ultrasound@obgyn.net [mailto:ultrasound@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of art
>fougner, md
>Sent: Saturday, 3 December 2005 5:13 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND
>Subject: Re: Tom Cruise Ultrasound Maven
>
>Maybe Dr. Cruise called Dr. Travolta for a consult?
>
>art
>
>At Fri, 2 Dec 2005, doctorjoe@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>Uh-oh!
>>
>>Joe P. <----- running and ducking for cover, just like Tom Cruise in WAR OF
>THE WORLDS!!!
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Orlando Ultrasound <orlandoultrasound@hotmail.com>
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND <ultrasound@dns.obgyn.net>
>>Sent: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 12:51:16 -0600
>>Subject: Re: Tom Cruise Ultrasound Maven
>>
>>Just to throw a comment on the women's (pro) choice of what happens to her
>body, shouldn't the choice be made at the time of intercourse rather than
>after the "oops" pregnancy occurs. If I were to say walk along a dangerous
>cliff, aren't I taking a similar risk of something happening to my body.
>Life is all about choices and outcomes huh! Maybe the Pro in the "Pro
>choice" should take a new meaning into "Proactive" to keep from getting
>pregnant if that isn't the situation you want to be in.
>>Kevin
>>
>>Kevin Snider RDMS,RDCS,RVT
>>
>>Chad Hall RDMS, RDCS, RVT
>>
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>>From: "James Smeltzer" <James.Smeltzer@wellstar.org>
>>Reply-To: ultrasound@obgyn.net
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ULTRASOUND <ultrasound@dns.obgyn.net>
>>Subject: Re: Tom Cruise Ultrasound Maven
>>Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 12:00:07 -0600
>>>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 proven
>>>beneficial effects on parent-infant bonding justify the theoretical
>>>risks 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 shows
>>>us 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 nationally
>>>from 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=AqS4TXlKqErI73Z
>oxBa35CZV.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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>"I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early."
>Lawrence Peter Berra
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art fougner, md
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