Jonathan.: It is not easy to film the nails but ya…
Daughter: Can the camera see? Yes, yes it can see
Jonathan.: Yes, OK. Are you relaxed? Patient: Yes
Jonathan.: If you feel pain tell me, okay?
But we are going to try hard…I am going to try hard, very softly okay?
First I am going to cut all the nails, then we use a file with cold water to make the nails thin, okay?
So where are you guys from?
Son-in-law: From Venezuela Jonathan.: ¿From Venezuela? Ah Poor Venezuela!
Son-in-law: Yes, that is a disaster but we have been here for many years
Jonathan.: For how long?
Son-in-law y Daughter: Around 15 years
Daughter: We are going to be for 16 years
Son-in-law: We left many years before the disaster
Jonathan.: Mmmmm
Son-in-law: It has recently become chaotic
Jonathan.: Yes
We are going to do everything softly okay? And you can speak to me, don't be nervous!
Patient: No, I am not nervous
Jonathan.: ¿No?
Patient: Because you are saying that you are doing everything softly and I know you are going to do everything smoothly
Son-in-law.: You have an accent
Daughter: Kind of Puerto Rican
Son-in-law.: No, I would say almost a little Cuban tone
Patient: Yes?
Jonathan.: Ohhh ¿How do you know?
Daughter: I feel like it is a little Puerto Rican
Varios: No I feel like it is Cuban
Jonathan.: Cuban?
Son-in-law: Not Puerto Rican because they don't say "l's", he has a tone but he does pronounce the "l's"
Jonathan.: How is my Spanish?
Varios: Very good
Jonathan.: 3 years learning
Daughter: 3 years but very good
Jonathan.: Without class
Varios: No class? By yourself?
Jonathan.: The same story like always, like everybody else. What do you think?
Daughter. A girlfriend
Jonathan.: A wife
Now a wife!
Jonathan.: From Cuba!
You see????
Daughter: Yes sir
Jonathan: Yes you know
Daughter: Yes, because the Cuban accent is like that…
Jonathan.: It is like that?
Daughter: Yes
Jonathan.: That is what people tell me. "You Cuban?" No, 100% Canadian!
My dad is Filipino and my mom is German.
Varios: What a mix!
Jonathan.: Yes, like a mutt!
And the young lady? How are you?
Patient: Good
Jonathan.: Uhhh
Son-in-law: We are all 100% Venezuelan
Daughter: Yes, Venezuelan!
Son-in-law: Her too (their Granddaughter),she was born there
Granddaughter: Yes, I was born in Venezuela
Jonathan.: Yes?
Son-in-law: Yes, when we came here she was 5 years old
Jonathan.: 5 years old?
We are going to do this softly okay?
Are you okay?
I know it isn't easy!
Daughter: Does it hurt?
Son-in-law: Are you okay?
Patient: A little bit.
Jonathan.: A little bit but look, little by little!
The first few cuts are the hardest, after that it is easier below
Granddaughter: I know that, I was trying to do that but I wasn't strong enough
Jonathan.: You need something a little stronger
Daughter: What I saw happen was she tried (to cut the nails) since Michel (son-in-law) is very busy.
I go to look and imagine, I said "Mom, sorry I can not cut that"
Jonathan.: But you tried? (to cut the nails)
Daughter: She tried
Patient: She was not the one who cut my nails
Granddaughter:Yes, only that this week I did not have time
Jonathan.: What are you studying?
Granddaughter: I am studying Psychology
Jonathan.: What?
Granddaughter: Psychology
Jonathan.: Where?
Granddaughter: University of Toronto
Jonathan.: Congratulations, that is good!
Now this toe, this nail, very softly okay? Then afterwards with a file everything very thin, very normal, little by little
It is very important if it hurts you tell me okay?
Daughter: You need to tell him if it hurts!
Patient: Yes, yes if it hurts I will tell him but it has not hurt!
Daughter: Ok, very good
Patient: What's happening is that I can't watch because it makes me nervous
Daughter: Just like me!
[laughter]
Granddaughter: I got used to this
Daughter: Michel is the one who has gotten used to this
Granddaughter: I can't do it because my hand isn't strong enough
Jonathan.: Yes, it was a problem with the program (Chiropody school) with the girls, they did not have the strength to cut
Daughter: They didn't have the strength?
Jonathan.: No, because it isn't easy!
Daughter: No, it isn't easy at all
Son-in-law: Well there you would have been good because you have strength in the hands
Granddaughter: My mom has strong hands
Son-in-law: She grabs you and puts her hand on your shoulder and (inaudible)
(conversation between family members)
Jonathan.: Are you okay?
Patient: It doesn't hurt
Jonathan.: It doesn't hurt?!
Patient: [laughter]
Daughter: Nothing hurts? Jonathan.: It doesn't hurt?
Patient: No, it doesn't hurt
Jonathan.: If you feel something scream loud!
Patient: Of course, if it hurts I will go "ahhhhhhh"
Son-in-law: She is champ at that
Jonathan.: Champion eh?
Then, I want you to change your shoes immediately
Daughter: And I told her that she uses tight ones, notice that those that I bought you are big
Patient: You also have to return the ones that are there
Daughter: Which ones?… Oh! Thats right I have to return one of her shoes but not right now Grandma, those ones are big
Jonathan.: What?
Patient: No, he is saying they need to be round… Daughter: Where can we buy a shoe that you suggest for her?
Jonathan: Soft Moc, Square One, Sketchers, yes, Factory Shoes is a better place. You know this place? QEW and Winston Churchill
Son-in-law: Ah Yes, I know that store
Daughter: Ah very good then, I can go there and like he says round
Jonathan.: Round and wide
Jonathan.: It is very important you buy in her size, but wide width
Son-in-law: Bigger size?
Jonathan.: That doesn't work
Daughter: Ah that's what I have to do, a size that is wide but is also her size in length
Jonathan.: Sorry! Little by little, okay? That's what they say in Cuba, little by little!
Daughter: Little by little
Son-in-law: It goes far. A saying like that "little by little" you get far
Jonathan.: I am going to cut everything that is possible then we will use a file
OK? There is a lot of dead skin below
Patient: Is it really dead?
Jonathan.: Dead but you can still feel it
But look, it is much better
Son-in-law: Yes, at least it doesn't look like a horror movie
Granddaughter: Dad! That's wrong
Jonathan.: But imagine I spent my whole life in this office watching my dad
Son-in-law: Was it easy for you to choose this career?
Jonathan.: Yes!
(family talking about my foot models and which type of foot each person has)
Jonathan.: This foot is much easier
Daughter: My grandma's foot is like this…right? (pointing to foot model)
Jonathan.: The middle one
Daughter: The middle one? Oh
Jonathan.: The middle one
Flat like a plate
Son-in-law: I have the middle one
Granddaughter: And mine is like yours?
Daughter: That has a point (high arch)
Granddaughter: Yes! That is my foot too. I have a foot like yours
Daughter: Yes baby, you are truly my daughter
Son-in-law: But this is the most normal one, right? (talking about the medium arch foot)
Jonathan.: For caucasian people… for asians and africans, flat like mine
Son-in-law: Yes, my foot is almost flat
Jonathan.: It is?
Granddaughter: Dad your foot is flat!
Son-in-law: My foot is the middle one because the flat one is really really flat!
(talking about the anatomy of the foot)
Son-in-law: Tell me if this is true or not. If you have flat feet, you will have more problems?
Jonathan.: Many athletes have flat feet. Workers have flat feet,
Workers have flat feet,
the queens and the princes have higher arches
Son-in-law: High arches?
Jonathan.: Yes
Patient: That nail is buried into the skin, why?
Jonathan.: Yes, it is ingrown
This nail is separated from the skin
Son-in-law: The nail sticking up
Jonathan.: Up in the air
Like a building!
Granddaughter: That is much easier for me
Jonathan.: To cut this foot?
Granddaughter: The harder one is the other one
Jonathan.: So what's going to happen now…now you can cut and maintain the nails,
but when the nails get long like this again look at this (showing an emery board file), with a file
Granddaughter: It is very hard, that is the hardest part
[Inaudible]
Jonathan.: Ok, now we are going to use the file
that has a little water,
you will not feel pain, if you feel a little heat tell me and after that we are finished
And this is the very special part
You can't have something flat, you need something strong, no that
Okay, remember if you feel a little heat tell me
Right it is like a spa, a little water in your throne. Look! A little bit of water
I am going to remove the callus
and that is because the shoe is like that (not deep enough)
[Drill too loud to make out conversation]
In the house you need an open-toed sandal and wide
Daughter: But she doesn't want to use one
Son-in-law: But one that fits well
Jonathan.: Look
Daughter: Look mom
Jonathan.: Look. Now just a little callus here okay?
Like a real spa right?
One more foot! Thank God you only have two feet!
But I love practicing with all of you (my spanish), thank you very much!
Son-in-law: Your welcome
Jonathan.: And you understand me?
Son-in-law: The only thing is your cuban accent but you are perfect. You don't make grammatical errors
Jonathan.: No, just a few but better than nothing and the most important thing is that you understand me
Son-in-law: You know that, I do not know if you've noticed, but in Spanish when someone speaks to you from another language,
you make the effort to understand it.
In English if you don't pronounce it exactly, nobody understands you, "What are you talking about"
If you pronounce a bad vowel or something, there is no problem because everyone understands you
Of course I would tell you to help you to correct but in English
Jonathan.: No, because people don't have patience here
"If you don't speak my language, forget about it"
Son-in-law: Especially you know how we in Spanish the vowels always sound the same,
they do not change, and the vowel sounds the same each time,
That is the difficulty because when they go to learn English,
the different sounds of the vowels depend on the letter and all that,
and that's why it's so hard for people to speak in English and pronounce it wrong.
Jonathan.: But I want to improve my grammar,
verbs, verb tenses because I do not understand anything, it is very hard
Son-in-law: That part is completely different
Jonathan.: But I speak a little French
because I went to a French school all my life
and because of that when I started to learn Spanish it wasn't too hard
Son-in-law: But you realized that in Spanish if you learn the grammatical rules
apply in almost all cases, the differences are minimal, then it is easier to learn the rule and you apply
Jonathan.: Look, how lovely
Now just a little nail polish
Daughter: Exactly!
Jonathan.: Look at this nail, there is blood under the nail
because of all the pressure from her shoes (no history of trauma)
Son-in-law: Just like that
Jonathan.: Exactly like your toe… with time it will grow out
Son-in-law: Yes it is what you were saying about the nail growing out and the new nail growing from the bottom
Jonathan.: Are you good?
Patient: Yes
Jonathan.: Do you feel anything? Patient: No
Jonathan.: The hard part is knowing where the skin is underneath (the nail)
Varios: Deep
Jonathan.: This time it's going to be like this and in the future I will see if I can remove more nail,
but look much better!
Son-in-law: Much better!
Jonathan.: A little callous here
It's only a file
I am going to clean everything up
and we are good!
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