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Liminal Consciousness

By Emily Spatz, Pharm D

Plummeting between swells, despair teetering on the abyss. Even uncertain horizons glimpsed at the apex offer euphoric reprieve. Who is at the helm? Patient, physician, God? The time to question has passed. Stone-eared passengers fix their eyes ahead and gamble on the existence of land. In 59 days, they will see the shore and know.

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Emily Spatz is a Medication Safety pharmacist at UAMS. She wrote this piece to capture the tempestuous emotions of starting a healing journey.

Posted by Chadley Uekman on April 10, 2026

Filed Under: 13-55-word-stories

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