Using Imagecache on Facebook Status Picture Field in view-view-field.tpl

Hi,

I know this is a stretch for some but I'm really looking for help that might reach a lot of other admins. Facebook_Status recently added poster picture support for views however my user images are rather big and need resizing. Facebook_status doesn't seem to use the conventional Drupal objects, instead it uses "author" and "poster". I'm looking to use the picture of the poster of a status by using the following in view-view-field--facebook-status-users-pics.tpl.php:

<?php
$default_picture = variable_get('user_picture_default',  '');
if ($row->{$field->field_alias}) {
print theme('imagecache', 'user_thumbnail', $row->{$field->field_alias});
}
else {
print theme('imagecache', 'user_thumbnail', $default_picture);
}
?>

This successfully prints http://lc3.figureandground.net/sites/default/files/imagecache/user_thumb... (or of whatever user number it's supposed to) but doesn't print/display the actual image. Now I presume this is because the Facebook_Status module doesn't implement some sort of hook or is the image not being displayed because FB_status isn't using Drupal objects like user and account? Or am I simply doing something wrong?

Thanks for any help you can provide.