Hey, you posted a very good short story! It reminded me of something (a movie?), but I cannot say exactly what at this moment... The whole rejuvenating process of the main character... it's the thing that reminded me of something. Anyways, it's really cool to read something different once in awhile! At the beginning I was expecting something different though, something similar to the latest movie of Jack Nicholson
About Schmidt, especially considering that even if it's written using a third person for the greatest part of the time, it's pretty much the vision the character has of himself and his life. Then, instead, it appeared to be a story about a quite extraordinary event. Very interesting and well written.
Thanks for posting this HC!