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The video is difficult to watch.
Sophie, an 88-year-old cancer survivor and great grandmother, screams out in pain as doctors remove portions of her scalp.
The procedure, known as debridement, was necessary because of an infection during her stay as a resident at Addison Pointe, a nursing home in Chesterton. Her family, who asked their last name be withheld to protect Sophie s privacy, recorded the video and provided a copy to IndyStar. She doesn t even want to look in a mirror anymore, her son, Ron, said of his mother, who has Alzheimer s. Then she forgets how she looks and then she looks and she s like, What the hell happened to me?