Surprise visit by thieves
On the 1 st of July I went for my stent replacement. I was admitted—starved for 19 hours, waited in pre-op for 2 hours and then was cancelled due to complications with the patient in front of me. I told Major to come and pick me with food!! They rescheduled me for the 3 rd of July—just 2 days later, and so had a free day in Harare. With lockdown and trying to stay away from crowds we met Dr. and Mrs. Kajese (our doctor here from 2011-2014) for tea outside and went running around for supplies for the hospital. It was nice to have some human contact with friends—even with masks on and social distancing!! On the 3 rd I got my procedure done and was home by 4 p.m. We came home to Chidamoyo the next day (the 4 th ) and had a day to rest before going to work on Monday--- I thought! At 0410 on Monday (the 5 th of July) morning I was awaken to 7 guys yelling as they cut my fence and ran by my window and with 4 hits with a sledgehammer broke...