Part 2/14:
The moment that changed everything was when doctors inserted a pacemaker—something Fletcher hesitated about because of his familiarity with his brother's similar device, which was associated with his brother’s passing. Yet, this device was his salvation, jolting his heart back into rhythm in moments of crisis. His vivid description of flatlining, being dead, and then resurrected paints a picture of both vulnerability and hope: “It felt like I’d been asleep for eight hours, and I woke up overjoyed—like I was reborn.”